old rousseau audiobook autoplayed when I was in the car earlier one thing that was striking was that he was very open about describing, if not a utopia, an optimal social order but in many ways his descendents seem to have abandoned this vision
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I actually have the opposite impression. I’ve found The Left to be very utopian: abolish capitalism, have the state pay for X, Y, and Z, etc. I’ve found them to be far more resistant to incremental changes in favor of grand utopian visions.
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oh so just OG communists but they cant say theyre og communists? hmm thats a minority feels like
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It's not, communist and socialist are such dirty words in America that we had to find other ways to describe the socialist policies that even 40% of Republicans want if you ask them
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people always love the idea of free money
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