ComradeSharkfucker

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • All states are authoritarian. The term is sort of meaningless. As far as I am concerned 0 countries currently have a full democracy for the working class. The state is a tool that the ruling class (that which owns the means of production) uses to exert its authority over the working classes. The state acts in the interests of the class which controls it and those interests often conflict with those of its subjects. There is nothing more authoritarian.


  • Oil and socialism(sorta). Venezuela has the largest proven oil deposits in the world and they nationalized their oil to provide for their people under a US blockade. They aren’t socialist they are more like social democracy but this cannot be allowed in the imperial periphery as it reduces extractative profits to the core. If they were to succeed in maintaining that system it might spread like we are seeing in Colombia. This threatens the imperialist system and limits economic growth for the core.




  • I would love to see the left DSA succeed but I worry it will go the way of the SPD during the Weimar Republic. It already appears this way to me which is why I prefer working with PSL. Even despite its major funding source being bourgeois they are highly principled. Bourgeois class traitors aren’t unheard of (Engels being a prime example) and my experiences with PSL have led me to believe it is our best shot. Know that you and your comrades in the DSA are always welcome should your party betray you. Wishing you the best of luck though.


  • You criticism is valid and I misunderstood your intent. There is merit to supporting the DSA and working within it but I strongly believe that this should be prefaced with the understanding that the DSA is primarily an opportunist party. They are not a strong opposition to the fascist current in america and as such our goals when we work with them should be to push its members further left into more principled organisations. Shitting on the DSA should be elaborated upon when addressing a general audience. Unfortunately I often live under the assumption that other people think like me and have the same base of information as me.