And by that I mean, "The last capitalist will sell us the rope we use to hang him" or "when our time comes, we will make no excuses for the terror". Those are bangers, to be sure, but they can't really be brought up in casual conversation. And I don't mean to construe them as overly edgy, because I understand a revolution isn't a dinner party, but I think there's something to be said sometimes for stressing the inherent humanity of communism.

Maybe I'm a little soft, but I love

"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine" - Che Guevara

and

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." - Helder Camara

  • Owl [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    A little wordy, but hey we're leftos.

    Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of smaller ones. The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society.

    -Albert Einstein

      • Owl [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Whole essay. It's one of my favorite bits of socialist writing, but it's not terribly quotable.

        • Itsmyusername [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Thank you for that. Its amazing how the vast majority of that commentary is still applicable. The situation now is the same as it was then.