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Why do you think a violent revolution would result in a worker-controlled socialist society? It seems it would just result in a society dominated by whoever controls the revolution, its resources, and distribution systems.
And the thing you gloss over is that that’s precisely what tends to happen in so-called “communist” revolutions. I put communist in quotes because I know that’s not true communism. But Stalin and Mao were both authoritarian dictators who centralized resources under their personal control, maintained dominance and hierarchy through their personality cults, and caused millions of deaths and widespread suffering throughout the regions under their control. To say nothing of the surveillance states they used to maintain their hold on power.
I agree that capitalism is going to inevitably crumble, especially now that it’s reached the point when it physically cannot continue to expand. However, by my view, violence and chaos are the path to barbarism.
The purpose of building the welfare state and social safety nets now isn’t to pacify the masses to enable capitalism to continue. It’s to have those structures in place so that when capitalism does inevitably fall, we’ll already be able to organize ourselves civilly and distribute resources in such a way that everyone has what’s needful.
The transition to socialism can and must occur. But it must happen through political means, or else all is lost. And to do so, first the welfare state must be in place.
Why do you think a violent revolution would result in a worker-controlled socialist society? It seems it would just result in a society dominated by whoever controls the revolution, its resources, and distribution systems.
And the thing you gloss over is that that’s precisely what tends to happen in so-called “communist” revolutions. I put communist in quotes because I know that’s not true communism. But Stalin and Mao were both authoritarian dictators who centralized resources under their personal control, maintained dominance and hierarchy through their personality cults, and caused millions of deaths and widespread suffering throughout the regions under their control. To say nothing of the surveillance states they used to maintain their hold on power.
I agree that capitalism is going to inevitably crumble, especially now that it’s reached the point when it physically cannot continue to expand. However, by my view, violence and chaos are the path to barbarism.
The purpose of building the welfare state and social safety nets now isn’t to pacify the masses to enable capitalism to continue. It’s to have those structures in place so that when capitalism does inevitably fall, we’ll already be able to organize ourselves civilly and distribute resources in such a way that everyone has what’s needful.
The transition to socialism can and must occur. But it must happen through political means, or else all is lost. And to do so, first the welfare state must be in place.