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42 sats \ 6 replies \ @didiplaywell 22 May \ on: Post-modern socialism kills the work ethic econ

I'm not as worried about what the consequences of socialism are as of how it gets to power. We all now that it's terrible in every single possible aspect, killing work ethics being just one of many... but how it gets there, that's the true problem we have to focus on

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @TomK OP 23 May

It always has the same four attack vectors: first, the destruction of the family, second, the centralization of the economy, third, the overlay of media propaganda, and fourth, the penetration and vulgarization of culture.

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @didiplaywell 23 May

I understand but my question is: where is people weak for those strategies to work? (I have my answers but want to hear yours)

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @TomK OP 23 May

Oh my god, to answer this question we should actually start a podcast series. I once read a book by Igor Shafarewitsch called 'The Death Instinct in History'. This deals with socialism in its history and in its forms. In my opinion, it appears as a kind of power vehicle for a small caste that successfully uses narrative and time-related media. He works specifically with the resentments of the lower classes and brings them into effect precisely in the breaking points of bourgeois society and classes.