cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1803761

Original title (which I find a bit too click-baity):

Socialism: Let’s Not Resuscitate the Worst Mistake of the 20th Century

  • cacheson@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m guessing that when you hear “socialism”, like most people you think of state socialism. USSR, China, etc, as well as the various political parties trying to implement socialist policies through the electoral process. The socialist movement has always had a significant anarchist faction as well. Basically, things went like this:

    • State socialists: Right, we’re going to do state socialism
    • Anarchists: That’s going to go very badly, let’s do anarchism instead
    • State socialists proceed to do state socialism, and it goes very badly
    • Anarchists: Okay, now that we all have the benefit of historical hindsight, let’s do anarchism now?
    • State socialists: No, we’re going to do state socialism again
    • Anarchists: Oh for fuck’s sake