OK, yes, I admit, there is ONE way that dismantling capitalism might halt climate change. But you're not gonna like it.https://twitter.com/economics/status/1051940120688058368 …
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Paris Commune and early Russian revolution. Vietnam before we interfered. I could go through a list of short-lived Latin American socialist states but we all know who fucked that up (hint: the U.S.)
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Yeah, I'm not sure that temporary pseudo-states in the middle of wars, that promptly went to shit, are great examples of socialist success. Russia and Vietnam screwed themselves over long after the war threat was gone, while South Korea, Taiwan, etc. flourished.
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They’re not examples of success but they are examples of hope and of what people were willing to fight for to control their own destinies. Understanding why they failed however requires an understanding of the countries who intervened to prevent their success
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I view them more as cautionary tales. Yeah, it's good for people to fight to control their destinies. But the relationship between revolutionary energy and successful reform efforts is a complex and uncertain one.
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It’s very complex and uncertain. It’s also been subject to brutal repression and military intervention.
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Indeed. And, usually, has dealt out the same.
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But no one holds even a candle to us
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That's just absolutely and totally false. Most of those regimes were far worse than us.
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