I just got done listening to ep 6 “wtf is a socialism?” 1/3 of the way through ep 7 “Ls of former socialism”
Some things I’ve learned so far: Democratic Socialism is like only doing a cancer treatment halfway - the cancer will always come back because capitalists will always find ways to roll back the progress made for the workers/people. That’s because it’s the way capitalism is built (squeezing the most money out of all resources, workers included) and the concessions they give are just to stem the progression towards revolution.
If anyone questions the violence of a revolution, remind them that there is inherent systemic violence in a capitalist state. Ex: homeless population, the way poc and poor people are treated, and police aggression at protests, just to name a few.
Questions: Socialism is Communism, just an earlier stage?
Other thoughts: I was humbled hearing Hakim’s childhood knowing my country did that to him.
I liked at the end of ep 6 where they talk about how you don’t have to be a martyr, just contribute to communist causes in whatever way you can. Maybe because I’m just really delving into this, but sometimes I’m like “I don’t think I can start a revolution, but it feels like I have to.” Maybe that’s normal idk
To your question: not quite but it is in the right direction! These types of societies are different in that under socialism there would usually still be remnants of class structure. Socialism being a dictatorship of the proletariat would naturally mean that there are still bourgois elements in the world around them. Not all Labour would be compensated equally across all fields nor would all labourers share equal burden. Under communism there would be no class distinctions for anyone, it would be radically equal in all aspects of life from Labour conditions to luxuries enjoyed. In more concrete terms, under socialism Labour would be entitled to all it creates, workers would all own their means of production. Under communism all people would benefit from the fruits of all Labour, there would be a common ownership of all things.