• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Cultural hegemony is literally a Marxist concept that only exists to justify the ideology, not the other way around. No matter which way we slice it, Marxism in all its forms is a failure. It’s a failure both on paper and in practice. It has resulted in just as many, if not more atrocities than fascism… Yet fascism has been rightfully demonized and put to rest, but Marxism hasn’t. It’s time to move past Marxism, it’s wrong and it’ll never work.

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      I noticed you have the ability to use words, but not the ability to make them true. I once thought myself a Republican. And then I saw how they hate. I once thought myself a Democrat. And then I saw how they lie. I once thought myself a Libertarian. And then I saw how that’s batshit crazy. I once thought myself an Independent. And then I saw how that was vain. I once thought myself a Social Democrat. And then I realized that market failures are built into the system. Now, I’m not sure what I am. I’m still learning, and you should too. But I for damn sure know that I’m not a Capitalist.

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        1 year ago

        If you have the ability to learn, then learn from history. It states very clearly in big bold letters that MARXISM IS A FAILURE

        Capitalism is not perfect, it has many problems and requires many adjustments, but despite it’s flaws it is objectively better than Marxism. Why? Because it has actually been proven to work.

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            China stopped being economically Marxist in the 1980s. The only thing that they kept from Marxism was all the authoritarianism. Cuba isn’t doing too hot though, their doctors literally get paid $50 a month

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                    Link doesn’t work.

                    Also it doesn’t take a genius to point out the obvious. Anybody can tell you that fire is hot, water is wet, Hitler was a bad man, and Marxism is a failure. Marxists coping with the failures of Marxism have the same denial as conspiracy theorists. There’s literally no way about it. Marxism is in the same boat as feudalism, Nazism, absolute monarchies, or religious theocracies. They’re complete failures that need to be left behind in the past where they belong. Marxism didn’t work yesterday, it’s not going to work today, and it won’t work tomorrow.