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AARO
Mar 9, 2005

by Lowtax
Do you even know what partial birth abortion is? Please tell me what is it? What does it entail?

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Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

who cares

AARO
Mar 9, 2005

by Lowtax

People who don't have their head up their cunts.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

olin posted:

People who don't have their head up their cunts.

You should've been partially birth aborted out yer mother's oval office m8 :)

AARO
Mar 9, 2005

by Lowtax
I'd rather someone with a brain chimed in.

swampman
Oct 20, 2008

by Shine

olin posted:

Do you even know what partial birth abortion is? Please tell me what is it? What does it entail?

You should ask the PSL directly and let us know what they have to say

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

swampman posted:

"Bernie" is going to bomb people in other countries. I guess i really am a single issue voter and my single issue is "I dont vote for murderers," I cant explain it thats just crazy me

you don't vote for murderers you just happen to idolize one

swampman
Oct 20, 2008

by Shine

Top City Homo posted:

you don't vote for murderers you just happen to idolize one
So can Gloria la Riva count on your vote or what?

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

swampman posted:

So can Gloria la Riva count on your vote or what?

no

Bryter
Nov 6, 2011

but since we are small we may-
uh, we may be the losers

Top City Homo posted:

you don't vote for murderers you just happen to idolize one

lol at anyone who only idolizes one

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Bryter posted:

lol at anyone who only idolizes one

true

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991


yawn

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

truth hurts

ossified ideologues can't understand that scientific socialism is only scientific if its falsifiable

you guys are a party of utopian hobbyists

hth

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

me when leftcoms and reactionaries try to smack talk the immortal science:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbvNL1PHKg

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Homework Explainer posted:

me when leftcoms and reactionaries try to smack talk the immortal science:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbvNL1PHKg

you are the reactionaries what a twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB0VQj8qUso

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxOGYCo6VA

HorseLord
Aug 26, 2014
I'm glad the thread for america's Communist presidential candidates is being poo poo up by a guy who supports bernie "capitalism-imperialism but with free college is socialist" sanders

(not really)

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

HorseLord posted:

I'm glad the thread for america's Communist presidential candidates is being poo poo up by a guy who supports bernie "capitalism-imperialism but with free college is socialist" sanders

(not really)

there are actually multiple types of anti-communism in this very thread, it's a nice cross-section

Bob le Moche
Jul 10, 2011

I AM A HORRIBLE TANKIE MORON
WHO LONGS TO SUCK CHAVISTA COCK !

I SUGGEST YOU IGNORE ANY POSTS MADE BY THIS PERSON ABOUT VENEZUELA, POLITICS, OR ANYTHING ACTUALLY !


(This title paid for by money stolen from PDVSA)
Guys I'm pretty sure The Saurus is actually a legit fascist here, I've kind of gotten a feel for these things
It's pretty ironic to see posts by someone with nazi politics get ignored in this thread while stalinists and anarchists are accusing each other of social fascism, it's like this thread is the ultimate metaphor for the left

HorseLord
Aug 26, 2014

Homework Explainer posted:

there are actually multiple types of anti-communism in this very thread, it's a nice cross-section

i just went through all your posts itt and wow you've had to deal with a lot of dumb poo poo from idiots

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

Bob le Moche posted:

Guys I'm pretty sure The Saurus is actually a legit fascist here, I've kind of gotten a feel for these things
It's pretty ironic to see posts by someone with nazi politics get ignored in this thread while stalinists and anarchists are accusing each other of social fascism, it's like this thread is the ultimate metaphor for the left

no one's accusing the anarchist guy of fascism, that's the kind of unthinking idiot politics that gets practiced by leftcoms and trots

and the saurus is obviously a fascist but it's not like we have digital baseball bats to drive the dude out

HorseLord posted:

i just went through all your posts itt and wow you've had to deal with a lot of dumb poo poo from idiots

staying polite and non-combative when refuting anticom talking points irl is a lot easier than with these nerds so i consider it good practice

DAD LOST MY IPOD
Feb 3, 2012

Fats Dominar is on the case


HorseLord posted:

I'm glad the thread for america's Communist presidential candidates is being poo poo up by a guy who supports bernie "capitalism-imperialism but with free college is socialist" sanders

(not really)

it's really sweet when someone's bluetext confirms that they're a worthless smug faux-intellectual and warns you not to read anything they have to say
saves me time

HorseLord
Aug 26, 2014
Looks like someone needs to learn from Lei Feng.

DAD LOST MY IPOD
Feb 3, 2012

Fats Dominar is on the case


HorseLord posted:

Looks like someone needs to learn from Lei Feng.

serious question: are you posting for asspats from the incredibly sad LF offsite or did your brain lose the ability to process new ideas after age 20 (possibly from being struck by a telephone pole?)

HorseLord
Aug 26, 2014
Telephone poles that move on their own is a new idea, but I'm not sure it's worth processing.

R. Guyovich
Dec 25, 1991

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

serious question: are you posting for asspats from the incredibly sad LF offsite or did your brain lose the ability to process new ideas after age 20 (possibly from being struck by a telephone pole?)

Serious question: Why are you here, dork.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

HorseLord posted:

I'm glad the thread for america's Communist presidential candidates is being poo poo up by a guy who supports bernie "capitalism-imperialism but with free college is socialist" sanders

(not really)

Bernie has done more for bringing a positive connotation for socialism, with people taking the time to study and read about it and discover how closely it aligns with US history into the mainstream in the last year than any one of these podunk stalinist splinter cults have in 100

this is just another way for me to chip in for a passive revolution in a society that less than 20 years ago considered socialism to be the antithesis of humanity

as long as Bernie has the megaphone, spreads the message and unifies millions of people into a new path of grassroots organizing for moving the overton window i will consider his candidacy a success

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Homework Explainer posted:

there are actually multiple types of anti-communism in this very thread, it's a nice cross-section

you aren't communists

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

HorseLord posted:

i just went through all your posts itt and wow you've had to deal with a lot of dumb poo poo from idiots

wonderful another stalin worshipping dipshit

Enjoy
Apr 18, 2009

Top City Homo posted:

Bernie has done more for bringing a positive connotation for socialism, with people taking the time to study and read about it and discover how closely it aligns with US history into the mainstream in the last year than any one of these podunk stalinist splinter cults have in 100

this is just another way for me to chip in for a passive revolution in a society that less than 20 years ago considered socialism to be the antithesis of humanity

as long as Bernie has the megaphone, spreads the message and unifies millions of people into a new path of grassroots organizing for moving the overton window i will consider his candidacy a success

You know who else changed his country's popular conception of socialism by fighting Stalinist splinter cults?

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Top City Homo posted:

Bernie has done more for bringing a positive connotation for socialism, with people taking the time to study and read about it and discover how closely it aligns with US history into the mainstream in the last year than any one of these podunk stalinist splinter cults have in 100

this is just another way for me to chip in for a passive revolution in a society that less than 20 years ago considered socialism to be the antithesis of humanity

as long as Bernie has the megaphone, spreads the message and unifies millions of people into a new path of grassroots organizing for moving the overton window i will consider his candidacy a success

Top City Homo posted:

you aren't communists

Top City Homo posted:

wonderful another stalin worshipping dipshit

Settle down, Buttmunch.

DOCTOR ZIMBARDO
May 8, 2006

Top City Homo posted:

Bernie has done more for bringing a positive connotation for socialism,

Tail wags dog

Bryter
Nov 6, 2011

but since we are small we may-
uh, we may be the losers

Top City Homo posted:

Bernie has done more for bringing a positive connotation for socialism, with people taking the time to study and read about it and discover how closely it aligns with US history into the mainstream in the last year than any one of these podunk stalinist splinter cults have in 100

by turning socialism into a codeword for capitalism, bernie sanders has revolutionized the US political landscape, truly

HorseLord
Aug 26, 2014

Top City Homo posted:

wonderful another stalin worshipping dipshit

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

RIP in peace, Kwantung Army

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Bryter posted:

by turning socialism into a codeword for capitalism, bernie sanders has revolutionized the US political landscape, truly

You still don't understand the enormous barriers that stand between your conception of socialism and the US political reality.

Imagine the Republican Party runs on its actual platform: We want to shift all taxation onto the poor, promote economic monopoly, abolish all social insurance and cement a militarized, sexist social hierarchy based on racial supremacy onto the US (very successful party probably why its falling apart ). How many people would consciously support that kind of party if it was spelled out for them bluntly? About 20% would still go for it. Maybe more.

Now what if you ran as a real democratic socialist party under the platform to: nationalize all industry and the banking sector, socialize healthcare under a hybrid UK /Cuban style system, socialize all natural wealth, nationally collectivize farming, transfer pharmaceutical research to the National Institute of Health, abolish the military and the surveillance state apparatus, Institute a work guarantee and worker self management within private and state firms over 100 people. Etc etc. How many people would go for that? About .01% if you are lucky.

Those are alien concepts to the U.S. population. You might as well be speaking another language.

The "historical imperative" of the proletariat is to abolish itself as a class. End history basically. That's communism. In between you have society. There is no immutable law that is going to drive us to revolution. You have to bring ideas into the mainstream until they replace "common sense".

A revolutionary situation cannot be at hand if there is not a majority of workers who are conscious of themselves as a class and their relationship to the means of production. If they do not seize the means of production consciously it is not a revolution.

The occupy movement, as spastic as it was, still brought a slither of class consciousness into the US discussion and Bernie has for the last 9 months brought a discussion about socialism to the US mainstream.

That means there is a generation who wants an alternative and now see that alternative identified with socialism. That's a good thing.

The Narodnik Russian revolutionaries learned this as they were being crushed that you can't drop revolutionary pamphlets on illiterate peasants and you can't assassinate the Tsar if the peasants still believed in him as a moral authority.

You still haven't. Capitalism still has a moral hold onto the population. Property is still considered sacrosanct.

The first aspect of revolutionary socialism that we can introduce into a society is the so called "Ricardian" socialism of Thomas Hodgskin. Hodgskin is a wonderful "native" primer to socialism because his arguments are rooted in Enlightenment thinking of "natural rights" just like the the U.S. Constitution. Concepts like property, ownership and labor take on a different meaning when they are able to identify the root of capital exploitation of labor.

His solution: worker owned and managed cooperatives within a market.

That's already difficult to do.

Its not perfect but as opposed to futile immediate calls from old line alien Leninist parties, it is a tangible goal that provides a real alternative to capitalist ownership. The conscious seizing of production for workers by declaring independence from bosses is a revolutionary act even if it is done without violence. It also creates a framework for turning alien concepts into daily life that can be understood. Its a way to turn socialist concepts into "common sense."

Who talks about establishing a national system to support cooperative worker owned enterprises on the national stage? Bernie Sanders

The third possible benefit from his candidacy is to show the limits of electoral politics and to reinforce just how strongly capital is stacked against workers and spur grassroots organization.

It's not all or nothing.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

Stalin wasn't a communist hth

swampman
Oct 20, 2008

by Shine
Even if you were right - it's called "Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Third Worldism" it doesn't even require the many brilliant writings of Stalin to justify slavecaging your parasite rear end. Vote PSL

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Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
I also don't like Bernie misusing "socialism," but for the opposite reason of most people in this thread.

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