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Just as long as we have plenty of show trials. I have to have show trials to prove the show the people that the glorious Revolution continues!
Our future delegate of the proletariat answered my request about Soviet Realist themes in the world factbook entry and so far I'm hearing a definite maybe on this one. We look forward to your glorious worldfactbook entry that speaks to the Revolution! Glory to Lazarus!
See, this is one of the reasons I hate Commies: the sloganeering. What's up with that? Do you need to keep the masses at a fever pitch of excitement, so they don't slow down and actually think about the poltical/economic system you're offering up? Or is your own faith in the benefits of Communism so fragile that you need constant reinforcement to avoid losing it? Perhaps you're pressuring people to conform, in the way religious zealots and others of their ilk do: throw out these statements, urging people to repeat them while hoping that no-one will question them; prepared to bully anyone who does, in the hope their basic human desire to belong to a group will be stronger than their independence of thought, and they'll shut up.
Not me, Commie. You want Soviet realism? Go stand in line for four hours to buy crappy shoes from a department store with mostly empty shelves. That's Soviet realism.
You've got to remember, most of the NS communists aren't actually communists; I doubt more than a handful off them know anything beyond the slogans, and nothing at all of actual Marxist theory. It's all the idea of communism with the Stalinist catechisms for them.
Speaking as an actual Marxist (though not a communist), I consider most of the NS reds to be a joke.
Im a legitimate leftist in RL. Originally a DemSoc, transitioned to an ML, but starting to lean more to Anarchism. But as Belschaft pointed out, thats not the case with many NS left people, particularly in regions like Laz where the theme was more roleplayed than serious among all but a few of us.
How do you know I wasn't role-playing a bellicose anti-Communist? :)
That's am interesting way of describing yourself? What do you consider to be an "illegitimate" leftist? What makes you so sure you're a "True Scotsman", to reference the fallacy? Genuinely curious if you have the time to answer.
The fact that you jumped to the defense of Communism suggests otherwise, but I take you at your word. :)
Communism is on the way out to be honest. The fact that only 4 nations in reality are communist, should speak volumes. Now I don't know about Nation States, but it sure is on the way out in reality.
But they're big nations :P
No need for bombs, if you have boots on the ground...lots and lots of boots.
Would you like to buy some?
Are the boots made for walking?
I don't know, they could be for an impromptu performance of Kinky Boots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Boots_%28musical%29
*snorts*
Nonsense. There isn't a single country in existence that can be called genuinely Communist, though there are certainly regimes calling themselves such. Communism has been irrevocably tarnished as a set of ideas by Lenin's infectious madness, which is a shame as it wasn't that terrible model of society.
But there is no possible way to achieve "true communism" beyond the local scale, such as in Jewish kibbutizim. On the national or state level it's impossible without the application of force.
Communism realistically speaking requires a level of technological advancement and automation that we're only just approaching; in a few years it may actually become a feasible model for society if we achieve a post-scarcity economy.
It is essential to remember that Marx never expected to live to see Communism develop, as he was well aware that the requirements for it would not be met for decades if not centuries after his death. Bolshevikism was an attempt to substitute brute force for time and technological development.
Thanks for the clarification, Kaz.
"Mmph mmph mmph mmph mmph? MMPH mmph. Mmph!" It takes time for the translators to decipher this declaration from His Majesty, the Rotund and Benevolent Tubbius of Treadwellia, but given the accompanying (and massive) buffet bar now set to the side for those in Lazarus, it appears to be something, loosely translated, as, "Why must people care for all other '-isms?' Tubbianism is certainly the most acceptable form of society! Eat!"
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