And im tired of freakin hiding it
Markets are so inconvenient and inefficient though? We've seen that fact time and time again over the past 12 months no less. Love what the PRC is doing though so you might be onto something lol.
They aren't meant to be very efficient though, and that's why things like food, medicine or housing shouldn't be subject to market forces but let the gamers have their markets. If the USSR would have started from a position of market socialism and provided a few more individual freedoms the CIA would have not been able to topple them with blue jeans and corn.
Of course it should all be heavily regulated, way more than even China
Think it was a lot more than simply consumerism that took the USSR down lmao. If anything, it collapsed because it liberalized in such a way that couldn't be controlled by the party, particularly because it didn't have an interest in doing so. In contrast to how the CPC under Deng liberalized but kept rigid control over the economy, because they saw what was happening to the Soviets and were like "nah we're good."
All this would depend on how much we're willing to exploit ourselves under a market, because they're inherently so, and given how the global market is set up right now, idk if it's going to have enough willing participants if we were to overthrow the bourgeoisie. Think about how much human pain, misery and labor has to go into making a luxury good, not to mention the violence necessary to maintain these relations, and ask yourself if it's actually feasible to keep doing this if/when we're in power. Not just to ourselves but to our comrades in the Global South. I don't think they'll be ok with it unless a radical shift in power happens that'll probably make "luxury" items pointless.
I suppose nuclear threats from the west might have had something to do with it too.
But yeah that is the crux of it. It would have to be radically different looking. We can still have all the cool things we have now, just not as fucking much of it. But just as a broad example, we could maintain trade with the Congo while actually aiding in building their infrastructure. We could pay people a living wage to produce phones in Indonesia. Ultimately, it would just mean, what, a new generation of phone every 6-8 years instead of throw away trash we have now? Oh no.
I think China is doing an okay job, at least from over here. Especially if Xi is honest in his reaffirmation of communism.
Thats exactly the problem. But I disagree I think most Americans, in a vacuum, would choose secure housing over the ability to get corn chips at 3am. I have to believe that otherwise there is literally no point to any of this
You know what: I don't care. Just give me the socialism. I don't give a fuck how luxuries will work in it, you can do this, I don't give a fuck.
With modern computer technology, we have literally no use for markets. They're an inefficient and outmoded method of setting prices and distributing goods. Read Paul Cockshott's Towards a New Socialism
This is the second time in two days I've been recommended that one I guess I probably should
Well yes, but also people like luxury goods, and that's fine. China and the USSR both proved that. Besides, I'm talking about socialism here, you can't just remove everything that fills that emptiness and replace it with nothing. Thats like the first thing you learn about any addiction. And let's face it, patriotism and meaning isn't enough for everyone. Not everyone is Stalin reincarnated
Wooooooow what was it like to personally watch the life leave Rosa Luxemburgs eyes
do you think the other western powers would be strong enough to stop the US from undertaking a more radical revolution?
