Yeah, I got downvoted once the MLs found my comment (in a .world thread) for wondering why far leftists were so convinced that the only answer was socialism (as opposed to soc dem) when we haven’t seen it work very well in the real world. I guess Cuba and China are good enough examples for them to be fully convinced that we shouldn’t emulate Scandinavia, because that’s built on oppression and China isn’t, or something like that.
The funny thing about Scandinavian economics is that it proves that social democracy both improves the average standard of living and doesn’t even inconvenience the oligarchy, the wealth gap in Scandinavian countries is (or was) larger than America’s. That’s also what they find unacceptable about it though.
But you do need to note that Marxist revolutions don’t happen in countries where people are mostly comfortable or hopeful, they happen in Tsarist Russia and Warlord Era China, and I think that’s ultimately why they’re not willing to settle for compromise of what an actual centrist economic position looks like, it’s an expression of accelerationist thought.
TBF, China is doing a good job at transitioning to renewables. Which isn’t the same as meeting their climate goals, but it’s better than we’re doing in the US overall.
Yeah, China is more than aware than oil dependency is both a guaranteed disaster and a national security issue when you don’t have any or enough, while our dumbass oil barons can’t quite grasp the idea that it’s a limited resource if nothing else.
Yeah, I got downvoted once the MLs found my comment (in a .world thread) for wondering why far leftists were so convinced that the only answer was socialism (as opposed to soc dem) when we haven’t seen it work very well in the real world. I guess Cuba and China are good enough examples for them to be fully convinced that we shouldn’t emulate Scandinavia, because that’s built on oppression and China isn’t, or something like that.
The funny thing about Scandinavian economics is that it proves that social democracy both improves the average standard of living and doesn’t even inconvenience the oligarchy, the wealth gap in Scandinavian countries is (or was) larger than America’s. That’s also what they find unacceptable about it though.
But you do need to note that Marxist revolutions don’t happen in countries where people are mostly comfortable or hopeful, they happen in Tsarist Russia and Warlord Era China, and I think that’s ultimately why they’re not willing to settle for compromise of what an actual centrist economic position looks like, it’s an expression of accelerationist thought.
…And that’s the really terrifying thing. How many vulnerable people are they willing to see die for their accelerationist fantasy?
I think they’d argue that capitalism is on track to kill every living human being, but it’s not like China is meeting their climate goals so 🤷♂️
TBF, China is doing a good job at transitioning to renewables. Which isn’t the same as meeting their climate goals, but it’s better than we’re doing in the US overall.
Yeah, China is more than aware than oil dependency is both a guaranteed disaster and a national security issue when you don’t have any or enough, while our dumbass oil barons can’t quite grasp the idea that it’s a limited resource if nothing else.
We’re trying to speedrun getting to the Fallout 2 prologue.
There’s no way in hell I’m going to be able to afford a spot in any of the vaults.