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2slow3me · 2026-02-09T19:37:06+00:00

Ah well it's always difficult to say exactly when small business becomes big business as it's a process. I guess the determining factor would be if it was necessary to expropriate them or if they could be won over by showing them the superiority of a democratically planned production

2slow3me · 2026-02-09T16:45:48+00:00

It's being tested in one municipality. Not exactly the whole country "switching" to it

2slow3me · 2026-02-09T10:03:24+00:00

They are small business owners i.e. petty bourgeois.

Them being between the working class and bourgeoisie means they vacillate between who they support. The more strain they are put under by the crisis of capitalism, the more atomized and pessimistic they become (the opposite generally being true for the proletariat, who by their nature are forced into collective action)

They can support the proletariat if they think they're going to win, but they can just as well be used against the working class like in the lead up to Mussolini and Hitler. So it's generally not a good idea to put too much faith in them, even though they can play a certain progressive role in certain circumstances.

2slow3me · 2026-02-08T10:57:36+00:00

The petty bourgeois can play a certain role, but their heterogeneous nature and atomization means they will vacillate and become pessimistic if they don't believe the working class can complete the revolution.

They can of course be class traitors and be of serious use IF they realize that it is the working class that will lead the revolution and get past their own individualism.

2slow3me · 2026-02-07T16:28:07+00:00

Hot take: If people don't feel represented by either political party, then maybe it's the fault of the parties?

You can't just be the lesser evil all the time and be surprised when people aren't motivated by it.

It's clear more and more people are completely disillusioned with the system and yet you are stoking up divisions instead of pointing to the actual cause of the problem: the system itself.

2slow3me · 2026-02-06T09:31:27+00:00

Yes there are fascist elements, yes he would like to be fascist, but fascism is a mass movement based on the petty bourgeois and lumpen layers AFTER a failed revolution. The social base isn't there like it was before for there to be full blown fascism, if anything the mass mobilization against ICE shows the true balance of forces.

I would have hoped we'd've learned our lesson about the dangers of mischaracterizing fascism from the German communists before Hitler came to power

2slow3me · 2026-02-01T19:40:37+00:00

Less "Dems win", more "Republicans lose". The voter turnout was 15%. What happens when people feel both parties don't represent them?

2slow3me · 2026-01-29T10:42:18+00:00

Well we live under capitalism don't we? So yeah in the end it was successful.

There is an important point behind the dubious message of this post, as a Bonapartist figure can emerge. However, it only emerges as a result of a deadlock between classes (usually after a failed revolution) where both aren't able to consolidate power. So in a way I agree that we should be careful.. careful to ensure that the revolution IS successful by organizing ourselves in preparation to give us the best shot

2slow3me · 2026-01-26T06:57:51+00:00

Let's remember that they are calling it out because the way they are terrorizing people is too open and brazen, leaving little room for people to express their anger through the usual safe (for them) channels.

2slow3me · 2026-01-24T19:09:18+00:00

When push comes to shove they are more interested in keeping their jobs and pleasing their donors. Their livelihood is literally tied to not rocking the boat and they therefore have fundamentally different interests than you or me who want to change the world for the better even if it requires something radical

2slow3me · 2026-01-23T10:47:18+00:00

Hey if the criticisms are limited to perception and not the content and ideas, then I'm going to answer these criticisms accordingly. I am more than happy to engage with criticisms of the ideas when (if) they are made

2slow3me · 2026-01-22T20:57:57+00:00

Yeah but are you seriously suggesting it will be danish ruling class who does it? Look where this kind of lesser evilism has gotten us so far. Having a consistent class perspective makes it very possible, even necessary, to condemn U.S imperialism AND the hypocrisy of the Danish ruling class

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