Why wasn't the USSR more democratic
Why wasn't the USSR more democratic
Jace Perry
Easton Thompson
Democracy gives Porky the freedom to organize. It should have had even less
Oliver Green
And one day, for no reason, people didn't vote for communism.
Angel Roberts
Lenin was an opportunist who outright lied about his intentions, change my mind.
Logan Howard
Socialism/Communism should INCREASE democracy not reduce it.
Fuck antidemocratic "communists"
Levi Roberts
I wonder why a semi-feudal country, surrounded by enemy empires who did all in their power to sabotage the revolution, didn't have a more "democratic" and "plural" system…
Jackson Perez
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Elijah Cox
Isn't democracy egalitarian? I remember a text where marx or engels argued against that, talking about how some are just naturally better so would it not be wrong for the bettersto have more say as well?
Kevin Hill
*not be right
Lucas Morris
Hello liberal
Gabriel Gray
Who the fuck cares about "democracy"? Bitch I need health care and public transportation I don't give a fuck about going out to vote and neither do most people
Isaiah Taylor
pic related
All of this is hard to understand
Peoples tyranny is democracy; the party is composed of the soviets
Joseph Adams
(me)
*isn't
Austin James
What the fuck does "increase democracy" even mean? Socialism should increase autonomy/freedom.
Michael Gray
No liberal, it should abolish classes and replace the amarchy of the market with central planning.
Alexander Barnes
Huh? Socialism would do away with individual autonomy in favor of planned economy and assigned profession. You get to dig ditches, but you must always remember, you're doing your part. LOL you lefties don't even understand what you advocate
Alexander Hall
Yes, that's how it would do that. Workers control production instead of a parasite class.
Aiden Mitchell
no. Even moderate forms of division of labor are controversial for some Marxists because of the fear that they'd lead to class divisions.
This (similar to 'competition') is a false dichotomy, there are always aspects of an economy that are planned at various degrees of centralization and parts that are not in every modern economy (including soviet ones). Even individual autonomous actions are still 'planned', just not centralized.
Grayson Rivera
Here's a general question to anyone who adheres to "[insert adjective here-] democracy" (direct, proletarian, revolutionary, etc.)!
Name one (that is, 1) historical example of an actually existing democratic system that was not a class society.
Cockshott fags are welcome to answer.
I'm waiting.
tbh this is when I'm seriously tempted to post under a leftcom flag, famalams
Logan Reed
Kayden Thomas
wouldn't the paris commune literally count? If not then democracy was a fairly common form in primitive communism.
Almost no one who advocates for democracy thinks this, so that's the argument you should be having.
Joseph Russell
"Increase democracy" means increasing the amount of control the proletariat has over society.
It means things like the proles owning the means of production and them bein able to better hold their representatives accountable.
It means we extend democracy into the economy more and we improve what democracy means.
Etc etc.
Mason Brown
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Parker Taylor
Pirates.
Parker Lopez
All power to the Soviets and a one party organization is not mutually exclusive.