• Petter1@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Where do you disagree with that text?

    The Path to Statelessness and Classlessness

    Marx envisioned a historical process through which these conditions would be achieved:

    1.	Capitalism: Characterized by class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
    2.	Proletarian Revolution: The working class rises up to overthrow the capitalist system.
    3.	Socialism: A transitional stage where the proletariat controls the state and begins to dismantle the structures of capitalism. This involves reorganization of economic and social relations to eliminate class distinctions.
    4.	Communism: The final stage where the state has withered away, and society is fully classless and stateless.
    

    The Government’s Role

    The idea that a government could be “stateless in some sort” while not working towards making itself obsolete is contradictory in Marxist terms. For Marx:

    •	Any form of government or state that continues to exist as an authority structure inherently maintains some level of class distinction or power imbalance.
    •	A true movement towards communism would involve the state actively diminishing its role as class distinctions are resolved and social ownership is fully realized.
    

    In summary, Marx’s definitions of statelessness and classlessness are intertwined with the dissolution of traditional state structures and the eradication of social classes, ultimately resulting in a society where cooperative, communal living replaces hierarchical and coercive systems of governance.

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      3 months ago

      The bit on government. The State, for Marx, is the elements of Government that actively uphold Class Society, ie Private Property Rights. The role of government in AES countries should be to actively diminish class distinctions and remove the elements of the previous Class Society.

      The government sort of becomes everything, ie the US post office is a government job. Trying to shrink government when the government is how everything gets made is silly.

      Have you read Marx?

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        Fair, no I see where we disconnected, what I wanted to say with no government is, I think, equivalent to what you refer as government becomes everything

        To the classless part: are social credits really something that upholds class society? Is exploitation of minorities something that upholds class society?

        And no, I have not read it yet, and I did not told you prior, since I feared you would stop talking normal knowing that

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          Fair, no I see where we disconnected, what I wanted to say with no government is, I think, equivalent to what you refer as government becomes everything

          Yep, Marx wrote in the 1800s using 1800s political terminology, which results in confusion today.

          To the classless part: are social credits really something that upholds class society? Is exploitation of minorities something that upholds class society?

          What do you mean by “Social Credits,” and what do you mean by “exploitation of minorities?” I’d like an example, it seems like you’re referring to something specific here. Either way, exploitation of minorities is an evil, anti-socialist stance, but it’s important to understand that no state is stagnant, and is always progressing in some direction. If it is increasingly becoming more progressive as compared to its peers and its past self, this is a good thing. Cuba, for example, now has a more progressive Family Code than the US for LGBTQ individuals.

          And no, I have not read it yet, and I did not told you prior, since I feared you would stop talking normal knowing that

          I’d be lying if I told you I was surprised, haha. As long as people are reasonable and willing to learn, I try to be as level-headed as possible. There’s no point otherwise.

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            3 months ago

            I guess I am just too china focused 😅

            Cuba seems nice, in that case, have to check that out in more detail

            But to have better lgptq rights than US does not seem that hard to be honest 🫣

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              I guess I am just too china focused 😅

              In what way?

              Cuba seems nice, in that case, have to check that out in more detail

              Generally yes, in spite of brutal blockades, they have made the best of what they have.

              But to have better lgptq rights than US does not seem that hard to be honest 🫣

              Certainly a low bar, but unfortunately the bar is extremely low to begin with, worldwide, and everyone has a long way to go on that front.

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                3 months ago

                Well, the examples were while thinking about china

                Hmm, after some research, cuba seems not very nice anymore

                Seems again like a country where your only options are to fly, to comply or to risk your live demonstrating, if you disagree with a decision of the government. It seems to be a single party system, like china.