Cynicism

After too much arguing with fucking idiots on Reddit, I'm honestly starting to give up on socialism.

How the fuck are we meant to combat such deeply ingrained propaganda?

Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm extremely drunk and I look me like 20 minutes to write

The government and porkys have billions of pounds to spend on brainwashing, what the fuck d we have?

get a job instead of arguing online all day you muppet

I do mate, I'm a plumber

Literally everyone I work with is a Daily Express reading, racist UKIP voting cunt

tired excuse. I'm pretty sure OP is referring to the lefty infighting. That's entirely down to yourselves trying to outdo each other in terms of who can be the most moral/scientific/pseudo-intelectual.

Nah I was on about the boring 'human nature' shite

okay so spend time with friends and family instead of arguing with retards online.

people are conditioned all their lives and most people are closed minded so they're not gonna change their minds because of you or me.

I'm doing it when I get some skrilla up in this.

That's my point, I just don't see how people will eventually want socialism

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They're ignorant, m8. Most of them probably have no idea what socialism actually is or how capitalism works. All they're going off is feelings.

The best thing we can do is build it. Once they see what it is, they will want it. You're probably not going to reach employed tradesmen because they're in a comfy spot, and they're afraid that they might lose it if the system is changed even a little bit.

On the other hand, the precariat, the students, the chronically unemployed, the poor and disgruntled, those are the folks that could stand to learn what this shit means. Talk basic concepts. Commodities, the LTV, the falling rate of profit. Put it so simply that a child couldn't misunderstand.

And look at the bright side - things are only going to get worse. As this happens, people are going to look for alternatives. Once they try them out and the alternatives fail, maybe they will give socialism a try. You can't give up. What's the point to even living if we're not gonna try to make things better than they were before?

the far right genuinely controls the internet. Holla Forums is far more powerful than even they realise.

Play dumb and keep em guessing.

That's a good point mate, the Tory government at the moment is like neoliberalism on steroids, the disabled especially is getting really fucked over

If I was rich I'd start like a disabled communist organisation

What does this mean, comrade? The socialist's struggle is always a hopeless one. You can totally give up on seeing socialism in your lifetime while still seeing the reason to it.

That said, full automation is going to happen in your lifetime, so look forward to that.

Its weird how one decision by moot has led to the biggest rise in the far right since the 30's

explain in a post with easily understandable and convincing language how a nationalising something would be beneficial.

maybe you just can't do it? i mean corbyn hasn't made a convincing argument for it even though he wants it.

hi Holla Forums


I've always advocated that we who live in first world countries and have the opportunity should do our bestest to become (non-exploitative) porkies ourselves in order to further our philosophy and political agenda. This idea that leftists need to be austere and detached from the world is pure rubbish.

whoops, forgot my flag

There should be a George Soros for the Left

i'm not Holla Forums but you are 100% right

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Giving up on ever seeing ot

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there is a difference between being prejudiced and thinking mud people are inherently inferior and should be camped, maybe you shouldnt be so quick to judge your fellow man nigger, and maybe you should realize that most people you meet are a product of their environment

the reason that kind of gedankengut is so pervasive is precisely because it isnt allowed, of course its also very useful as a D&C tool but its also a product of political correctness as overused as that term is.

personally I think that genetic racial trends do exist, but they are made almost irrelevant by far more prevalent factors like class, upbringing, socialization, culture, etc p.p

anyhow youre doing it wrong if the first thing that pops into your head when you talk to some prole is "racist"

The trick is not talking to idiots, actually.
It's useless trying to convince someone unless they are genuinely curious and willing to listen.
Those are the only people I talk to about it, and I've had some success.

that was your first mistake

You do realise that position is literally incompatible with marxism?

Marx was an antisemite and a homophobe.

lumpenrpoles will never understand it

but they don't need to understand it, you don't need the lumpen's permission to start a worker-s co-op, a mutual bank or anything alike, you don't need to tell them you are working for the greater cause of man, you just need to act accordingly

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But these will eventually turn capitalist or fail.

not necessarily

You'll need 3rd world resources and labor to competeā€¦

So?

Plus, not every company in the first competes with the third world; your local supermarket, for example.

you can very much include the 3rd world into your co-op and even take advantage of ot without having to exploit the workers there

if you need to buy resources or material, you can buy them from the 3rd world, where the cost is cheaper, even after paying those workers an equal share, you will still get a net advantage on certain cases

I just puked some blood, but its cause of my ignorance for forgetting that leftism is defined as left liberalism so age of enlightenment shit is expected.

the stirnerites got you good fam

There is no need for that comment.

So? A worker co-op is going to resort to using conflict resources or sweatshops to compete.


Those resources are likely in the hand of capitalist though, that's another problem, no capital. Have fun starting a co-op where basic necessities aren't meet.

explain this argument???

No buliding, no land, no raw materials to start production, no money to buy thoses. Or just loan to a bank and get fucked via usury.

well the other option is an armed revolution

Care to explain why its good for the already present working class then?

Oh, sorry, I thought you were referencing today's speech rather than mindlessly spouting your favourite talking points.

You need a shit ton of capital to start a co-op in the 3rd world country, just so you can bypass exploitation. Meanwhile, your competitors are more ruthless and ignore these externalities. If you manage to obtain the capital, you'll find yourself overburden by everyone wanting to work at said co-op; seeing that you'll be offering them a great deal. You'll raise some eyebrows too, the local racketeers will come visit because you're trying to put them out of business.

no one said it was gunna be easy. communist revolution only really took off in the past because everyone wasn't this fucking stupid

So?

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Shit's only going to get worse for capitalism from here. It's only been about three decades since the big wave of neoliberalism and we've already had the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. Wealth inequality is getting worse and worse. Add in shit inevitably going crazy because of climate change and automation and people are going to be looking for answers. Right now a lot of people are being drawn to nationalism but we've just to get them looking the other way.

Deutsche Bank will collapse soon. It'll be bigger than Lehmans in 2008.

Just be there in the aftermath to offer the proles an alternative way out.