cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7802418

Don't forget about the Irish unification of 2024!

  • muddi [he/him]
    hexbear
    36
    8 months ago

    Earth and the Federation was communism. Admittedly an idealist version of it, came about because it was voted in by enlightened voters. But even then the Bell Riots showed that it was capitalism that caused conditions to arise in which the oppressed rose up against the failures of capitalism, and finally end it.

    Not sure if you specifically meant something about Mao, but at least be aware of this. It's the most basic theory of communism that capitalism fails, turns into barbarism, and the working class have no option but to revolt to resolve the crisis.

    • @ChicagoTransplant@midwest.social
      hexbear
      3
      8 months ago

      Yeah I mean specifically that Mao killed millions of people through a combination of ineptitude and taking the lessons from the wars he fought in into government. The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

      • muddi [he/him]
        hexbear
        24
        8 months ago

        The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

        Do you know what the "mass line" concept by Mao is?

        • Kuori [she/her]
          hexbear
          10
          8 months ago

          you know for a fact that they don't know dick about shit and are proud of it

          • muddi [he/him]
            hexbear
            5
            8 months ago

            Self dunks are so satisfying though!

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
        hexbear
        19
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism

        Getting steamrolled by nazis after inviting them to the table under pompous pretenses of "allowing differences of opinion" isn't even a viable starter for a government. The Weimar Republic comes to mind.

        The in-setting excuse for why the Federation survived at all, shaky as it was, is that it employs cryptofascists already and gives them unchecked privileges to surveil, harm, and murder on a whim to maintain the status quo: Section 31. You might be a fan.