Cowbee [he/him]

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    Both wrote about economic systems before economics was even a thing.

    Lol. Lmao, even.

    and our society, have advanced dramatically in the 140+ years they’ve been dead.

    In what manner has this proven Marx wrong?







  • Ah yes, you also said you need a central party control for socialism.

    I did not.

    You said they had socialism, I said they didn’t. You didn’t prove anything. If you wanna go into how elections were run and how candidates were chosen then we can but the picture you provided was accurate for just a brief period in the USSR. I can’t remember if worker councils were dismantled during Lenin or Stalin but by the time they occupied Estonia they weren’t a thing. In the USSR the higher ups in the party controlled the means of production, they also controlled who people can vote for while making sure that vote didn’t change anything.

    The Soviets were never disbanded until the end of the USSR. You have no idea what you’re talking about, nor what constitutes Socialism. It’s clear that you’re anti-Marxist.




  • I’m guessing you aren’t an anarchist because that’s mostly about unjust hierarchies, not conflating the word authoritarian.

    I’m a Communist that works with and speaks with Anarchists.

    Socialism and capitalism is about who controls the means of production. In authoritarian countries that would usually be the state or ruling party making it no better than the bourgeoisie of a capitalist country and in socialist ones it would be the workers. I know of no country where the workers control the means of production. Workers having democratic control over the means of production is absolutely essential for socialism.

    Then you need to study up on AES countries, as there have been and continue to be Socialist countries, despite them not being Anarchist.

    A state largely governed by a Communist Party that practices strong central planning and works against bourgeois control is Socialist. As an example, the USSR, where there were large implementations of democratization:

    And large reductions in wealth disparity:

    Despite overall GDP growth:



  • I need some evidence to believe that authoritarian nations kill and surpress anarchists less than others.

    You’re an Anarchist, all nations should be authoritarian if you were consistent with your views. If you legitimately believe Socialism to be more authoritarian than Capitalism you’re LARPing as an Anarchist.

    Also none of those nations offer socialism any more than anyone else.

    Citation needed.


  • defending countries that would and have killed anarchist movements makes you less of an anarchist than one that does defend any western power.

    Western powers kill Anarchists too, to a greater extent. If you do not understand this, you are not an Anarchist.

    Ultimately advocating for anarchist ideals is more likely to work outside of authoritarian governments so I cannot understand how hexbear can defend those. But then again people vote against their interests all the time so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.

    Anarchists picking Socialism over Capitalism and Imperialism makes sense