Angel Jamie@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoI actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down183
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1imageI actually find this talking point so braindead that, to this day, I still have a hard time believing that people genuinely believe it.lemmy.mlAngel Jamie@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square280fedilink
minus-squareBadEgg@lemmy.ko4abp.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·1 year agoNazis, Fascists and Socialists fall under Totalitarianism. They are all shitty.
minus-squaremeteorswarm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSocialism is not inherently authoritarian. Yes, 20th century socialism following Lenin’s example was. But it’s not inherent. Socialism is about workers controlling economic production - at it’s core. That’s a democratic, anti-authoritarian idea. Libertarian socialist like me are extremely salty at the leninists and others like them for giving the rest of us a bad name.
Nazis, Fascists and Socialists fall under Totalitarianism. They are all shitty.
Socialism is not inherently authoritarian. Yes, 20th century socialism following Lenin’s example was. But it’s not inherent.
Socialism is about workers controlling economic production - at it’s core. That’s a democratic, anti-authoritarian idea.
Libertarian socialist like me are extremely salty at the leninists and others like them for giving the rest of us a bad name.