Comments by "Michael Mappin" (@michaelmappin1830) on "Ryan Chapman" channel.

  1. You associate socialism with North Korea? šŸ˜ƒ that's even worse than associating veganism with eating meat.
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  2. Socialism and fascism are on opposite ends of the political Spectrum. Most of the principles of fascism are in direct opposition to socialism. For example, one key principle of fascism is irrationalism. Socialist ideology takes the opposite standpoint. Socialism is about social control. That is, the people controlling from the bottom up. If an autocracy or oligarchy is in control, then it's not socialism. The USSR never achieved Socialism or communism. What they had was State capitalism. The state had control over capital. The guy in the video you posted, he's either a liar or a nut. šŸ˜ƒ
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  3. Ā @TurvalonĀ  , communism and fascism on opposite ends of the political Spectrum for a reason. They're not even closely related. What are the seven basic principles of fascism? 1. Irrationalism 2. Social Darwinism 3. Nationalism 4. The state 5. The principle of leadership 6. Racism 7. The corporate economy. Communism, on the other hand, is a classless, stateless and moneyless Society. Therefore, it is a bottom-up, democratic non-hierarchical system of organization. Fascism is a top-down, undemocratic hierarchical system of organization which makes it extremely prone to corruption. Dude, those ideologies couldn't be any further apart than vegans and meat-eaters. šŸ˜ƒ
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  4. Ā @TurvalonĀ  , here is an example of Communism at the micro-level. https://youtu.be/wBJADlN2Bic
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  5. Ā @TurvalonĀ  , here is an example of socialism at the micro-level. https://youtu.be/-VdbFzwe8fQ the workers collectively own the resources and the means of production. They have sovereignty. Sovereignty means no higher authority. They don't have to worry about some boss or dictator taking away their job, moving their job to China, telling them what they can or can't wear, forcing them to work in unsafe working conditions, Etc. Fascism is the complete opposite! Under fascism, the leader is endowed with almost god-like power! And the citizens are disposable. They aren't subordinate to the state. Under socialism, the people are in control of the state from the bottom up. Again, the workers have sovereignty. There is no higher authority. Communism is when you move even further to the left than that, having completely eliminated the state, class and monetary system. I could recommend several textbooks if interested
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  6. Ā @TurvalonĀ  , if you don't have time to go to the library and check out textbooks, here's a video from one of my favourite political scientists. Ā  Michael Parenti, Ph.D Ā https://youtu.be/-slBwfTHaxM
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  7. It's not a con. LOL
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  8. Ā @madolinereed8885Ā  , where is the con? That doesn't make any sense. Socialism is just various forms of collectivism. People get together so that they can own their own means of production and the product of their labour. That makes people and communities independent. For example, https://youtu.be/-VdbFzwe8fQ
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  9. Ā @TurvalonĀ  , yeah, and you can call yourself a meat eating vegan. Sure, there are lots of people that claim to be communist or socialist, people like Mussolini, that turned out to be fascist. The left-right political spectrum is based on the seating arrangements in the French Parliament during the. Of the French Revolution. Those who sat on the right were in favour of monarchy and hierarchical systems of organization. Those who sat on the left were against monarchy and other hierarchical systems of organization. They're socialists that fall within the anarchist Camp, the libertarian Camp, Etc. Those individuals don't believe in top-down hierarchical systems of organization. They want to decentralize power. They don't want to increase it. When you increase the number of democratic workplaces that are owned by communities and workers, that makes people less dependant upon the government and capitalist hierarchies. Those modes of production decentralised power. They don't increase it. It doesn't matter what socio-economic system you're in favour of. If you give unaccountable control to some individual, if you remove ticks and balances within your government, then you're asking for trouble.
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