• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    You’re running into even more contradictions as we move right along. You’d rather have Capitalism, warts and all, than Socialism. Further still, assuming you’re in the Global North, you’d rather perpetuate Imperialism and vast exploitation of the Global South, which is a necessity for Social Democracy in the Global North and perpetuation of Capitalism. Really, this reveals your true intentions, by approving of Social Democracy for as long as “prefiguration” lasts, you approve of the Imperialism it requires to sustain itself. You oppose Socialism more than you oppose Capitalism and Imperialism.

    Moreover, this “prefiguration” phase would be be better accomplished in a Socialist state, would it not? Socialism for Marxists is already a transitional phase to Communism, and Marxists want collectivization. Seems you just want to live off of the exploitation of the Global South until they are milked dry, then live in a utopian commune free from struggle, or bad things like pooping.

    As for your nonsense notion that I don’t “respect” sanitation workers, it’s the opposite. I respect them greatly, but I understand that their jobs are extremely dirty and toxic, risk their health and safety, and most do so because they need to make a living. Someone will have to end up doing such work, it is not fully automated, so it is better to have systems like job rotation or lower working hours for the same pay as a form of “hazard adjustment” as is in place in several AES states.

    Your last paragraph is just pseudo-intellectual idealist masturbation. It was funny to laugh at, but that’s about it.