DO not dodge as you have in the past. Marx preached dictatorship of the proletariat by which he MEANT DICTATORSHIP and despotism and tyranny.
We do not have one now so why would I want one?
Dictatorship of the Proletariat means direct democratic control of government by a majority of citizens, as opposed to our current dictatorship of capital:
Some Thoughts on the Dictatorship of the Proletariat – INIP
"Many workers today are confused about a key concept of historical materialism, the idea of the 'dictatorship of the proletariat.'
"It is a very literal English translation, it means exactly how it reads:
the idea that workers should have political power, instead of the bosses, corporations and landlords—essentially the exact opposite of what we have today.
"We live under the 'dictatorship of Capital,' where everything is reduced to exchange values and commodification, even people."
Why do you think Marx began his examination of capitalism with the "commodity"?
Soupnazi knows full well what is being said. He has no choice but to feign ignorance.
Soupnazi knows full well what is being said. He has no choice but to feign ignorance.
Conservatives I've known have no choice but to embrace their political/economic status quo in spite of its obvious historical crimes.
Capitalism is Slavery
This is why certain people on the left are trying to ban memes.
The left just cannot meme correctly
Capitalism is not slavery.
No one makes you get married or watch TV or save for old age of even walk on the pavement.
You are simply advised to do these things. You choose whether to do so.
That by definition is not slavery communism however IS slavery by design.
Under capitalism If I choose to save for my old age it is MINE to enrich my life. Under communism ( or socialism ) it ids the collectives who have rulers to judge how much of what I make I deserve to keep. That is slavery.
This is why certain people on the left are trying to ban memes.
The left just cannot meme correctly
Capitalism is not slavery.
No one makes you get married or watch TV or save for old age of even walk on the pavement.
You are simply advised to do these things. You choose whether to do so.
And if you "choose" to abstain from being exploited by elite capitalists who grow rich from your surplus labor value, you starve; is that really how you define "freedom"?
Slaves like you go through life being used as a commodity by those who own land and other factors of production in a national economy created by chattel slavery and genocide, and yet you imagine you are free.
You are not.
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy
"Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation..."
"With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America’s southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation. Their fuel of choice?
Human slavery.
"If the Confederacy had been a separate nation, it would have ranked as the fourth richest in the world at the start of the Civil War.
"The slave economy had been very good to American prosperity.
"By the start of the war, the South was producing 75 percent of the world’s cotton and creating more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation.
"Slaves represented Southern planters’
most significant investment—and the bulk of their wealth."