Hey Hexbear, if you're dropping by, let me know when Russian and Chinese workers seize the means of production.
In the meantime I'm sitting here oppressed in Norway.
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Not a commie, but didn't the Norwegian people nationalize the oil production, leasing it out to companies while keeping a huge share of the profit for the welfare of common Norwegians?
My understanding is that, in a sense, that is exactly what seizing the means of production is about.
Controlling the natural resources a country and leasing it out it private companies is pretty standard practice in most non corrupt countries. Norway probably differs in that they capture more of the economic rent in part due to a more efficient tax and a share of public ownership.
Polling says that Norway is #7 happiest country on Earth. Finland is #1, Denmark is #2...I wonder where China is on that list OwO
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Every day since the 19th century...any day now
We seized some means of production... sort of?
There have been at least two different countries seize the means of production over the years, it didn't really work out for either of them. Turns out they just swapped one bourgeoise class for another, while the peasants and proles starved.
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The pig should shut up. It's time to wake up the sheep.
I love to start the day with a little bit of revolution and freshly smoked bacon.
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Please never defederate commies! It's hilarious! 😆
I have to admit, their propaganda game is on point
I'm south african. My government has the means of production for electricity seized (they own Eskom which has a monopoly.) It is well known that while the regular person has to deal with load shedding, the government officials do not
Add the issues with South African Airways and I would not like all the means of production to be owned by the government
Owned by the government is specifically NOT "owned by the workers". That is definitionally not socialism, and it's not communism either.
I seriously hate how no one even knows what socialism or real communism is... Only in stupid authoritarian "communism" like China do you have the government own much of anything directly. Hell, in proper Communism, there's not supposed to be much of a government at all. Nothing like the giant armies of beurocrats and politicians most places have today, anyways.
That's kind of the point of most people who don't think communism can function in current society, the government represents the people, right? So "the people" owning the means of production just becomes "the government" owning the means of production.
Which is why all "communist" states that have ever existed function identically to their fascist counterparts, because regardless of what you call it, the state owns everything.
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How workers would own the means of production in socialism/communism without the government?
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Trust me, you don't want those amenities in the hands of unelected greedy business men either.
Load shedding is still better than not having any electricity at all because it isn't profitable enough to manage the power net in your region.
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