Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml • 1 year agoWhy do neoliberals keep calling communism, “state-capitalism”?message-squaremessage-square25 fedilinkarrow-up142
arrow-up142message-squareWhy do neoliberals keep calling communism, “state-capitalism”?Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml • 1 year agomessage-square25 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]hexbear13·1 year agoBecause they think the "capitalism" part proves it's not socialist. Every so often a Marxist term gets noticed by libs, then adopted and diluted by their surface level understanding until it becomes functionally meaningless. See also: tankies. link
minus-squareCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.mlhexagonhexbear7·1 year agoDid Marx use the term Tankies? linkfedilink
minus-squareImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.mlhexbear6·1 year agoMarx through his dialectical materialism powers actually invented tanks in the 1800's. linkfedilink
Because they think the "capitalism" part proves it's not socialist. Every so often a Marxist term gets noticed by libs, then adopted and diluted by their surface level understanding until it becomes functionally meaningless. See also: tankies.
Did Marx use the term Tankies?
Marx through his dialectical materialism powers actually invented tanks in the 1800's.