Well here’s an interesting situation. I think most of the world would agree it’s important to “crush dissent,” to put it crudely and without context, of anyone who denies the Holocaust happened. And by “crush dissent,” that means all the ways to stop that sort of ideology from gainfully reproducing, hopefully short of literally jailing people, even though Germany does do that. Let’s say ideology X causes mass emmiseration, poverty, and climate catastrophe. But let’s say X also allows a minority of people to become very wealthy at the expense of the vast majority of the word’s population and ecology. If we want that to be different (do you want that to be different?), one way to start fixing things is by stopping the ideology of X from gainfully reciprocating, which involves education, raising of material conditions, organizing, and promoting community and healthy/ethical social relations, which is communism. The alternative is not doing that, and causing the extermination of the remaining 1/3 of wildlife and subsequently human life on the planet.
I'm not a communist, and I wouldn't speak for them.
As a Social Democrat I'd like to see international organizations with teeth that can actually enforce climate policies. Currently under WTO rules international corporations can just move shop to avoid rules.
I’d like to see international organizations with teeth
how do you deal with every single school of IR thought besides the Marxists saying this is a violation of national soverginity? How do you feel about the PRC being the biggest actor on the world stage pushing for these kinds of reforms and offering this kind of commitment to International Orgs?
In a speech on Monday to the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the Geneva-based World Health Organization, Xi called for greater international cooperation in fighting the pandemic. He also said China will provide $2 billion over two years to support the fight. Taiwan dropped a request to be included in the gathering after objections from Beijing.
“Covid-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, which will be China’s contribution to ensuring vaccine accessibility and affordability in developing countries,” Xi said via video.
I agree, but I don't want to live in a society that only allows either neoliberal or communist solutions.
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You are acting like most people sit down and hash out their ideology instead of adopting it piecemeal as they stumble through life.
Why should folks who aren't ardent and consistent in their beliefs be denied their voice? Also, who is going to determine this purity?
Not a commentary on communism but a genuine question—do you think people “have a voice” under capitalism?
To varying degrees the people always have a voice.
You can't crush dissent completely under any system or we wouldn't be talking right now.
Well here’s an interesting situation. I think most of the world would agree it’s important to “crush dissent,” to put it crudely and without context, of anyone who denies the Holocaust happened. And by “crush dissent,” that means all the ways to stop that sort of ideology from gainfully reproducing, hopefully short of literally jailing people, even though Germany does do that. Let’s say ideology X causes mass emmiseration, poverty, and climate catastrophe. But let’s say X also allows a minority of people to become very wealthy at the expense of the vast majority of the word’s population and ecology. If we want that to be different (do you want that to be different?), one way to start fixing things is by stopping the ideology of X from gainfully reciprocating, which involves education, raising of material conditions, organizing, and promoting community and healthy/ethical social relations, which is communism. The alternative is not doing that, and causing the extermination of the remaining 1/3 of wildlife and subsequently human life on the planet.
That's an odd thing to say in a community that had to relocate because of a ban on a larger platform, owned by a billionaire.
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Perfect description of how the nazis improvised their genocides!
what part of "socialism or barbarism" don't you get?
what do you consider a communist solution to climate change?
I'm not a communist, and I wouldn't speak for them.
As a Social Democrat I'd like to see international organizations with teeth that can actually enforce climate policies. Currently under WTO rules international corporations can just move shop to avoid rules.
how do you deal with every single school of IR thought besides the Marxists saying this is a violation of national soverginity? How do you feel about the PRC being the biggest actor on the world stage pushing for these kinds of reforms and offering this kind of commitment to International Orgs?
In a speech on Monday to the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the Geneva-based World Health Organization, Xi called for greater international cooperation in fighting the pandemic. He also said China will provide $2 billion over two years to support the fight. Taiwan dropped a request to be included in the gathering after objections from Beijing.
“Covid-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, which will be China’s contribution to ensuring vaccine accessibility and affordability in developing countries,” Xi said via video.
from: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-18/china-s-virus-vaccine-will-be-global-public-good-xi-says
Okay, so you're against policies you can't even name? LOL bro....
How would the “teeth” work?
well guess what buddy those are your choices and were actually willing to allow liberal thought and expression just not fucking property relations