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| #Post#: 30607-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 15, 2025, 12:47 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| You have repeatedly refused to engage directly with any of the | |
| arguments I have presented. You are not debating. Would you like | |
| to actually try debating, or are you just going to keep talking | |
| to yourself? | |
| "If there is still a disparity in affordability, and lower-class | |
| people feel unable to consume higher-value products as | |
| frequently as upper-middle-class people, this causes lower-class | |
| people to feel less worthy of the community." | |
| No, it causes YOU PERSONALLY to feel this way. This is because | |
| you have low self-esteem to begin with. | |
| "If the middle and upper classes refuse to understand the simple | |
| reasoning I've outlined, they deserve to have their earning | |
| power liquidated." | |
| You deserve to have your posts liquidated. But I will keep them | |
| as an exhibition of the effects of low self-esteem. | |
| "Because they preserving humiliation and psychological violence | |
| to the people of the lower class" | |
| Either explain rigorously what violence is initiated by everyone | |
| being allowed to choose for themselves whether to eat at the | |
| more expensive restaurant or the less expensive restaurant, or | |
| else admit that you are merely using the word "violence" to mean | |
| "whatever makes me personally feel insecure". | |
| "This is a precise definition of socialism. This is a correct | |
| definition of socialism." | |
| [quote][Reference: Marx, Das Kapital, Vol. 3, p. 593.][/quote] | |
| It looks like you missed Zea_mays' original point: | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/national-socialism-is-revolution… | |
| [quote]The True Left must reframe the relationship to accurately | |
| contextualize Marxist Socialism as merely one type of Socialism | |
| among many(?) possibilities.[/quote] | |
| This is what I am doing. Since you are not doing this, you are | |
| not a True Leftist. | |
| #Post#: 30609-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: antihellenistic Date: July 15, 2025, 11:16 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote]You have repeatedly refused to engage directly with any | |
| of the arguments I have presented. You are not debating. Would | |
| you like to actually try debating, or are you just going to keep | |
| talking to yourself?[/quote] | |
| I'm discussing, not debating. | |
| [quote][quote]"If there is still a disparity in affordability, | |
| and lower-class people feel unable to consume higher-value | |
| products as frequently as upper-middle-class people, this causes | |
| lower-class people to feel less worthy of the | |
| community."[/quote] | |
| No, it causes YOU PERSONALLY to feel this way. This is because | |
| you have low self-esteem to begin with.[/quote] | |
| Middle and upper-class people tend to be indifferent to the | |
| difficulties faced by the lower classes in obtaining adequate | |
| consumption, even a decent social status. Yet, lower-class | |
| people tend to work as sellers of cheap goods, which is | |
| beneficial and allows people to consume products without wasting | |
| money. They also work as physical laborers, contributing to the | |
| food supply from agriculture and the construction of houses and | |
| public facilities. This is beneficial to the community, and they | |
| deserve a decent social status. | |
| Middle and upper-class citizens do not deserve sovereignty and | |
| free will; they must obey the state or be wiped out. They cause | |
| misery to the lower classes, who are the backbone of the | |
| nation's community. They must live on wages that are not much | |
| different from those of the lower classes. They share the same | |
| burden as the lower classes, because they are deemed capable of | |
| doing middle-class jobs and find them easy to do. Therefore, | |
| they are still considered to have the same ease as the lower | |
| classes in doing what they are required to do. | |
| [quote]Either explain rigorously what violence is initiated by | |
| everyone being allowed to choose for themselves whether to eat | |
| at the more expensive restaurant or the less expensive | |
| restaurant, or else admit that you are merely using the word | |
| "violence" to mean "whatever makes me personally feel | |
| insecure".[/quote] | |
| People tend to choose more satisfying products when given the | |
| freedom to consume at their own will. Middle and upper-class | |
| people tend to allow more satisfying products to remain, even | |
| though they are difficult for lower-class people to afford due | |
| to their limited means. This creates jealousy among lower-class | |
| people, who struggle to achieve the same consumption | |
| satisfaction as their middle and upper-class counterparts. This | |
| situation also tends to create the perception among middle and | |
| upper-class people that the lower-class people are inferior, | |
| when in fact, it is the middle and upper-class people who are | |
| inferior and degenerate. They engage in consumption and business | |
| activities that tend to create social inequality and make their | |
| countries dependent on the currencies of economically stronger | |
| enemy countries. This is because middle and upper-class groups | |
| tend to engage in consumption activities and business activities | |
| related to transactions in enemy countries. | |
| Good middle- and upper-class people are those who feel guilty | |
| about being part of the middle- and upper-class (bourgeoisie). | |
| There are no good bourgeois, and there are no good middle-class | |
| people. They are all degenerate. | |
| [quote]It looks like you missed Zea_mays' original point: | |
| [quote] | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/national-socialism-is-revolution… | |
| The True Left must reframe the relationship to accurately | |
| contextualize Marxist Socialism as merely one type of Socialism | |
| among many(?) possibilities.[/quote][/quote] | |
| The false socialist ideology is one that still does not feel a | |
| problem with middle class citizens, upper class (bourgeoisie), | |
| and life based on economic competition that follows the laws of | |
| market mechanisms. | |
| [quote]This is what I am doing. Since you are not doing this, | |
| you are not a True Leftist.[/quote] | |
| A true Leftist will hate citizens who are very materialistic, | |
| namely citizens with middle and upper class incomes. If they are | |
| spiritualists and socialists, they are willing to have their | |
| property and material forcibly taken by the party and the state | |
| for the sake of equalizing economic and social conditions. | |
| Instead of you bothering to feel disappointed, tell me who are | |
| the middle class and upper class citizens who have not become | |
| bastards and degenerates. I didn't find any of them | |
| #Post#: 30610-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 16, 2025, 7:17 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| "I'm discussing, not debating." | |
| Whatever you are doing, you still haven't addressed my earlier | |
| arguments. | |
| "People tend to choose more satisfying products when given the | |
| freedom to consume at their own will." | |
| This is absence of initiated violence. | |
| "Middle and upper-class people tend to allow more satisfying | |
| products to remain, even though they are difficult for | |
| lower-class people to afford due to their limited means. This | |
| creates jealousy among lower-class people, who struggle to | |
| achieve the same consumption satisfaction as their middle and | |
| upper-class counterparts. " | |
| Your reasoning is no different than incels claiming victimhood | |
| because they have more difficulty dating than better-looking | |
| people. | |
| "If they are spiritualists and socialists, they are willing to | |
| have their property and material forcibly taken by the party and | |
| the state for the sake of equalizing economic and social | |
| conditions." | |
| Firstly, to be willing to have something forcibly done to you is | |
| a contradiction in terms. | |
| Secondly, we are not egalitarians. | |
| Thirdly, if you want to reduce the wealth gap, I already | |
| explained exactly how to do so: | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]"What I want is for the middle class and the bourgeoisie | |
| to have their incomes drained through high taxation" | |
| That's precisely what will happen by keeping both restaurants, | |
| with the more expensive restaurant paying more in profit tax | |
| than the less expensive restaurant (where the profit comes more | |
| from A's bills than from B's bills since as yourself say B does | |
| not eat here as frequently as A does). But you want to get rid | |
| of the more expensive restaurant![/quote] | |
| #Post#: 30623-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: antihellenistic Date: July 20, 2025, 1:49 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote][quote]"People tend to choose more satisfying products | |
| when given the freedom to consume at their own will."[/quote] | |
| This is absence of initiated violence.[/quote] | |
| The exploitation of labor in various companies by the free | |
| consumption of the people cannot be tolerated and will lead to | |
| acts that can lead to violence. Although these exploitative | |
| productive activities generate satisfaction for the people who | |
| consume the products | |
| [quote][quote]"Middle and upper-class people tend to allow more | |
| satisfying products to remain, even though they are difficult | |
| for lower-class people to afford due to their limited means. | |
| This creates jealousy among lower-class people, who struggle to | |
| achieve the same consumption satisfaction as their middle and | |
| upper-class counterparts. "[/quote] | |
| Your reasoning is no different than incels claiming victimhood | |
| because they have more difficulty dating than better-looking | |
| people.[/quote] | |
| Not everyone has the ability to access high-value products that | |
| tend to be more suitable for consumption. Not everyone can earn | |
| high wages, which require the ability to work complex tasks. | |
| However, in reality, everyone can still live safely and without | |
| harm to their health and well-being, even if they are forced to | |
| consume low-priced goods. People with low salaries will feel | |
| disrespected if they continue to live in a situation where | |
| high-priced goods are still readily available and they continue | |
| to see people with middle- and high-incomes frequently consuming | |
| them. Likewise, it would be inappropriate for us to claim to | |
| uphold spirituality if we continue to allow such a situation to | |
| persist. We are preserving a situation where there are still | |
| people who pride themselves solely on having greater material | |
| resources than less fortunate groups. Yet, they can still live | |
| decently by consuming inexpensive goods, just like the lower | |
| classes, which solves the problem of social jealousy. Buying | |
| products with higher quality and high prices will perpetuate | |
| social jealousy; buying products with minimal quality but | |
| affordable prices will solve the problem of social jealousy. | |
| Only a capitalist would favor the existence of the middle and | |
| upper classes. | |
| You also said that the "victimhood" mentality is how we identify | |
| who the oppressor is and who the victim is. So you shouldn't | |
| have a problem with the "victimhood" attitude. | |
| [quote]Secondly, we are not egalitarians.[/quote] | |
| Yes, that's right, the middle class and upper class are | |
| inferior, if you are a socialist, you have no problem with such | |
| judgment. | |
| [quote]Thirdly, if you want to reduce the wealth gap, I already | |
| explained exactly how to do so: | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]"What I want is for the middle class and the bourgeoisie | |
| to have their incomes drained through high taxation" | |
| That's precisely what will happen by keeping both restaurants, | |
| with the more expensive restaurant paying more in profit tax | |
| than the less expensive restaurant (where the profit comes more | |
| from A's bills than from B's bills since as yourself say B does | |
| not eat here as frequently as A does). But you want to get rid | |
| of the more expensive restaurant![/quote][/quote] | |
| We have to solve the consumption gap as well, not just the | |
| economic gap. That's why we have to require people to continue | |
| to consume affordably. | |
| #Post#: 30625-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 20, 2025, 4:30 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| "The exploitation of labor in various companies by the free | |
| consumption of the people cannot be tolerated and will lead to | |
| acts that can lead to violence." | |
| A goes to the more expensive restaurant more frequently than B | |
| does. Describe exactly how this leads to violence. | |
| "People with low salaries will feel disrespected if they | |
| continue to live in a situation where high-priced goods are | |
| still readily available and they continue to see people with | |
| middle- and high-incomes frequently consuming them." | |
| This exposes their unhealthy psychology, similar to the | |
| unhealthy psychology of incels that causes them to feel | |
| disrespected from being rejected by the same women who are | |
| willing to date better-looking men. | |
| "it would be inappropriate for us to claim to uphold | |
| spirituality if we continue to allow such a situation to | |
| persist." | |
| Incels deserve all the pain they cause themselves to feel. So do | |
| you. I hereby coin the term infru (involuntarily frugal) to | |
| describe you. | |
| "We are preserving a situation where there are still people who | |
| pride themselves solely on having greater material resources | |
| than less fortunate groups." | |
| Incels accuse me of preserving a situation where there are still | |
| people who pride themselves solely on having better looks than | |
| less fortunate groups. I do not take them seriously either. | |
| "Yet, they can still live decently by consuming inexpensive | |
| goods, just like the lower classes, which solves the problem of | |
| social jealousy." | |
| If A wants to go to the less expensive restaurant, I am not | |
| stopping A from doing so. But I am not forcing A to go either, | |
| because B's jealousy is not A's fault. | |
| "Buying products with higher quality and high prices will | |
| perpetuate social jealousy; buying products with minimal quality | |
| but affordable prices will solve the problem of social | |
| jealousy." | |
| Infrus deserve all the pain they cause themselves to feel. | |
| "You also said that the "victimhood" mentality is how we | |
| identify who the oppressor is and who the victim is. So you | |
| shouldn't have a problem with the "victimhood" attitude." | |
| Victims of initiated violence should be aware that they are | |
| victims. If you stop A from going to the more expensive | |
| restaurant, A should identify you as the oppressor. | |
| Jealous people should not claim to be victims. If A goes to the | |
| more expensive restaurant and B is jealous, B should not | |
| identify A as the oppressor. | |
| "the middle class and upper class are inferior" | |
| Then why do you want them to have equal conditions? You said: | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]it's not socialist if a society still experiences social | |
| inequality.[/quote] | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]for the sake of equalizing economic and social | |
| conditions[/quote] | |
| If they are inferior (as you now claim), shouldn't you want them | |
| to have worse conditions? | |
| "We have to solve the consumption gap as well" | |
| I do not take infrus seriously. | |
| #Post#: 30631-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: antihellenistic Date: July 21, 2025, 2:30 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote][quote]"The exploitation of labor in various companies by | |
| the free consumption of the people cannot be tolerated and will | |
| lead to acts that can lead to violence."[/quote] | |
| A goes to the more expensive restaurant more frequently than B | |
| does. Describe exactly how this leads to violence.[/quote] | |
| I have explained it in the previous post : | |
| Not everyone has the ability to access high-value products that | |
| tend to be more suitable for consumption. Not everyone can earn | |
| high wages, which require the ability to work complex tasks. | |
| However, in reality, everyone can still live safely and without | |
| harm to their health and well-being, even if they are forced to | |
| consume low-priced goods. People with low salaries will feel | |
| disrespected if they continue to live in a situation where | |
| high-priced goods are still readily available and they continue | |
| to see people with middle- and high-incomes frequently consuming | |
| them. Likewise, it would be inappropriate for us to claim to | |
| uphold spirituality if we continue to allow such a situation to | |
| persist. We are preserving a situation where there are still | |
| people who pride themselves solely on having greater material | |
| resources than less fortunate groups. Yet, they can still live | |
| decently by consuming inexpensive goods, just like the lower | |
| classes, which solves the problem of social jealousy. Buying | |
| products with higher quality and high prices will perpetuate | |
| social jealousy; buying products with minimal quality but | |
| affordable prices will solve the problem of social jealousy. | |
| Only a capitalist would favor the existence of the middle and | |
| upper classes. | |
| [quote][quote]"People with low salaries will feel disrespected | |
| if they continue to live in a situation where high-priced goods | |
| are still readily available and they continue to see people with | |
| middle- and high-incomes frequently consuming them."[/quote] | |
| This exposes their unhealthy psychology, similar to the | |
| unhealthy psychology of incels that causes them to feel | |
| disrespected from being rejected by the same women who are | |
| willing to date better-looking men.[/quote] | |
| So, you think accepting social inequality caused by the behavior | |
| of middle-class and bourgeois citizens isn't a psychological | |
| problem... Middle and upper class citizens work by getting more | |
| value for their wages and benefits, which should also be | |
| appropriately taken by lower class citizens who also help with | |
| their work. Profits should be shared based on the sales of each | |
| product. Middle- and upper-class citizens work to earn a premium | |
| on their wages and profits, which should also be shared with the | |
| lower-class citizens who also contribute to their work. Profits | |
| should be shared based on the sales of each product. Therefore, | |
| the income of the middle- and upper-class citizens should be | |
| confiscated by the state. If they refuse to comply, they must be | |
| ruthlessly coerced. This will ensure equal distribution of | |
| income among the population, thereby overcoming social jealousy | |
| and the formation of a new bourgeoisie. | |
| [quote]Incels accuse me of preserving a situation where there | |
| are still people who pride themselves solely on having better | |
| looks than less fortunate groups. I do not take them seriously | |
| either.[/quote] | |
| Differences in physical appearance cannot be changed, but people | |
| who have better physical appearance should still respect people | |
| who have worse physical appearance who still behave ethically. | |
| [quote][quote]"it would be inappropriate for us to claim to | |
| uphold spirituality if we continue to allow such a situation to | |
| persist."[/quote] | |
| Incels deserve all the pain they cause themselves to feel. So do | |
| you. I hereby coin the term infru (involuntarily frugal) to | |
| describe you.[/quote] | |
| There is nothing spiritual about people who are not troubled by | |
| social inequality and the circumstances in which consumption | |
| gaps occur. | |
| [quote]If A wants to go to the less expensive restaurant, I am | |
| not stopping A from doing so. But I am not forcing A to go | |
| either, because B's jealousy is not A's fault.[/quote] | |
| Capitalists would say the same thing you did. You shouldn't | |
| agree with the opinion you just wrote. I've already explained | |
| the negative impacts of selling expensive products; you can | |
| reread my post. | |
| [quote][quote]"You also said that the "victimhood" mentality is | |
| how we identify who the oppressor is and who the victim is. So | |
| you shouldn't have a problem with the "victimhood" | |
| attitude."[/quote] | |
| Victims of initiated violence should be aware that they are | |
| victims. If you stop A from going to the more expensive | |
| restaurant, A should identify you as the oppressor.[/quote] | |
| Buyers of expensive products perpetuate social jealousy, which | |
| has a detrimental psychological impact on its victims. While not | |
| everyone can afford expensive products, everyone should be able | |
| to afford affordable products that are still suitable for | |
| consumption. If you want a socialist lifestyle, you must help | |
| everyone achieve a decent standard of living, rather than making | |
| one economic group more deserving and the lower classes less so. | |
| So, if subject A preserves expensive products by consuming them | |
| regularly, he can be called a perpetrator of psychological | |
| violence in society. But if you are not committed to upholding | |
| socialism, then feel free to agree with the attitude of the | |
| subject named "A". | |
| [quote][quote]"Buying products with higher quality and high | |
| prices will perpetuate social jealousy; buying products with | |
| minimal quality but affordable prices will solve the problem of | |
| social jealousy."[/quote] | |
| Infrus deserve all the pain they cause themselves to | |
| feel.[/quote] | |
| Infru no longer engages in consumption that causes social | |
| jealousy; they don't deserve to be hurt. The middle and upper | |
| classes absorb surplus value from sales and economic activities, | |
| which should also be shared with the lower classes. And they | |
| perpetuate an economic situation where the lower classes' | |
| inability to obtain higher-value products is a real possibility. | |
| Therefore, the middle and upper classes deserve to be | |
| liquidated, as Hitler's regime did from 1940 to 1945. By the | |
| way, if you support Hitlerism, you should have supported his | |
| anti-middle class and anti-bourgeois economic program too... By | |
| the way, if you support Hitlerism, you should have supported his | |
| anti-middle class and anti-bourgeois economic program as well... | |
| I have already provided historical evidence that Hitler's regime | |
| would liquidate both of these degenerate classes in previous | |
| posts. | |
| [quote]Jealous people should not claim to be victims. If A goes | |
| to the more expensive restaurant and B is jealous, B should not | |
| identify A as the oppressor.[/quote] | |
| That's the argument liberal democrats use to defend the middle | |
| and upper classes. Do you support them or do you support | |
| socialism? | |
| [quote][quote]"the middle class and upper class are | |
| inferior"[/quote] | |
| Then why do you want them to have equal conditions? | |
| ... | |
| If they are inferior (as you now claim), shouldn't you want them | |
| to have worse conditions?[/quote] | |
| Equating the middle class and upper class to the working class | |
| also means ending their financial and social power. This | |
| includes making their condition worse in order to commit | |
| retaliatory violence. | |
| [quote][quote]"We have to solve the consumption gap as | |
| well"[/quote] | |
| I do not take infrus seriously.[/quote] | |
| I even doubt whether you are committed to upholding socialism. | |
| [quote]It is not Germany that will become Bolshevism, but | |
| Bolshevism that will become a kind of National Socialism. | |
| Besides, there is more that binds us to Bolshevism than | |
| separates us from it... Petty-bourgeois Social Democrats and | |
| trade union bosses will never be National Socialists, but | |
| Communists will always be National Socialists.[/quote] | |
| Source: | |
| - Adolf Hitler, As quoted in Hermann Rauschning, The Voice of | |
| Destruction, New York: NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons (1940) p. 131. | |
| [quote]There we also find numerous examples showing that, | |
| contrary to certain postwar legends, Hitler never intended to | |
| defend the "West" against Bolshevism but was always ready to | |
| join forces with the "Reds" to destroy the West, even in the | |
| midst of the struggle against Soviet Russia.[/quote] | |
| Source: | |
| Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism by | |
| Hannah Arendt, Page 7 | |
| https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&hl=id&id=I0pVKCVM4TQC&q=Hitler+never… | |
| [quote]Until now research has not recognized that Hitler�s | |
| economic convictions, most notably his conviction concerning the | |
| superiority of a system of a planned over a free economy, were | |
| decisively shaped by his impressions of the superiority of the | |
| Soviet economic system. Hitler�s admiration for the Soviet | |
| system is also confirmed in the notes of Wilhelm Scheidt, who, | |
| as adjutant to Hitler�s �representative for military history� | |
| Scherff and a member of the F�hrer Headquarters group, had close | |
| contact with Hitler and sometimes even took part in the | |
| �briefings�. Scheidt writes that Hitler underwent a �conversion | |
| to Bolshevism�. From Hitler�s remarks, he says, the following | |
| reactions could be derived: �Firstly, Hitler was enough of a | |
| materialist to be the first to recognize the enormous armament | |
| achievements of the USSR in the context of her strong, generous | |
| and all- encompassing economic organization.�[/quote] | |
| Source : | |
| Hitler's National Socialism by Rainer Zitelmann Page 328 - 329 | |
| #Post#: 30632-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 21, 2025, 4:26 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| "I have explained it in the previous post :" | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]you are merely using the word "violence" to mean | |
| "whatever makes me personally feel insecure"[/quote] | |
| "So, you think accepting social inequality caused by the | |
| behavior of middle-class and bourgeois citizens isn't a | |
| psychological problem..." | |
| It is not. | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]The problem is social injustice, not social inequality. A | |
| socially just society will still be socially unequal because | |
| people are unequal. The whole point of True Leftism is to | |
| dissociate leftism from egalitarianism.[/quote] | |
| "Middle and upper class citizens work by getting more value for | |
| their wages and benefits, which should also be appropriately | |
| taken by lower class citizens who also help with their work." | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]Why should someone who takes greater risk, more precisely | |
| someone who takes on risk so that others (the employees) can | |
| avoid risk, not have a chance for greater reward?[/quote] | |
| "Profits should be shared based on the sales of each product." | |
| Should losses also be shared? What if B doesn't want to risk | |
| loss, while A is willing to take the loss on B's behalf? Why | |
| shouldn't the two of them be allowed to agree between themselves | |
| that B receives a fixed income no matter how well the product | |
| sells, whereas A after paying B gets the profit or takes the | |
| loss depending on how well the product sells? | |
| "Therefore, the income of the middle- and upper-class citizens | |
| should be confiscated by the state. If they refuse to comply, | |
| they must be ruthlessly coerced." | |
| You are the one initiating violence. | |
| "This will ensure equal distribution of income among the | |
| population, thereby overcoming social jealousy and the formation | |
| of a new bourgeoisie." | |
| In other words, you are an egalitarian. | |
| "Differences in physical appearance cannot be changed, but | |
| people who have better physical appearance should still respect | |
| people who have worse physical appearance who still behave | |
| ethically." | |
| Do incels behave ethically when they advocate that women be | |
| should forced to have sex with ugly men? (Yet they argue that | |
| all they want is an equal distribution of sexual activity, | |
| thereby overcoming sexual jealousy.) | |
| "There is nothing spiritual about people who are not troubled by | |
| social inequality and the circumstances in which consumption | |
| gaps occur." | |
| I have always been emphatically anti-egalitarian. | |
| "I've already explained the negative impacts of selling | |
| expensive products" | |
| The "negative" impact according to you is that they make infrus | |
| feel jealous. According to you, jealousy is a valid reason for | |
| initiating violence. | |
| "Buyers of expensive products perpetuate social jealousy, which | |
| has a detrimental psychological impact on its victims." | |
| Good-looking people having sex perpetuates sexual jealousy, | |
| which has a detrimental psychological impact on incels who then | |
| claim to be "victims". I do not take incels' complaints | |
| seriously either. | |
| "While not everyone can afford expensive products, everyone | |
| should be able to afford affordable products that are still | |
| suitable for consumption." | |
| I already said I want to keep both restaurants, which includes | |
| the less expensive one that B can afford to visit regularly. By | |
| also keeping the more expensive restaurant, B has the additional | |
| option of visiting it occasionally. So I am giving B more | |
| choices than you are. | |
| "if subject A preserves expensive products by consuming them | |
| regularly, he can be called a perpetrator of psychological | |
| violence in society." | |
| Incels claim a good-looking male-female couple having consensual | |
| sex is being "violent" towards incels, but incels forcing the | |
| woman to have sex with incels (which would be the actual | |
| initiated violence) is fine. I do not take them seriously | |
| either. | |
| "Infru no longer engages in consumption that causes social | |
| jealousy;" | |
| You think they wouldn't if they could afford to? Then why be | |
| jealous? If B is uninterested in the more expensive restaurant, | |
| why would B be jealous of A visiting it regularly? That B is | |
| jealous implies B actually wants to visit it as frequently as A | |
| does, except B cannot afford to. This is logical proof that B is | |
| not more internally austere than A is. | |
| (For the record, I myself have never visited an expensive | |
| restaurant except when someone else was paying. ;D When I am | |
| paying, I mostly buy uncooked food (from the discount shelf | |
| whenever possible) to cook at home myself, and when I have to | |
| eat outside I choose the cheapest restaurant (that has vegan | |
| food). I also am not jealous at all of people who visit | |
| expensive restaurants frequently.) | |
| "they don't deserve to be hurt." | |
| If A punches B, A is the one causing the hurt which B does not | |
| deserve. | |
| If B is jealous of A, B is the one causing the hurt which B | |
| therefore deserves. | |
| If B motivated by jealousy punches A, B is the one causing the | |
| hurt which A does not deserve. | |
| "I even doubt whether you are committed to upholding socialism." | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]That's precisely what will happen by keeping both | |
| restaurants, with the more expensive restaurant paying more in | |
| profit tax than the less expensive restaurant (where the profit | |
| comes more from A's bills than from B's bills since as yourself | |
| say B does not eat here as frequently as A does). But you want | |
| to get rid of the more expensive restaurant![/quote] | |
| #Post#: 30633-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: antihellenistic Date: July 21, 2025, 10:38 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote]you are merely using the word "violence" to mean | |
| "whatever makes me personally feel insecure"[/quote] | |
| The bourgeoisie and middle class must feel "insecure", if | |
| possible they must commit suicide if they do not want to | |
| surrender. | |
| [quote]"So, you think accepting social inequality caused by the | |
| behavior of middle-class and bourgeois citizens isn't a | |
| psychological problem..." | |
| It is not. | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| [quote]The problem is social injustice, not social inequality. A | |
| socially just society will still be socially unequal because | |
| people are unequal. The whole point of True Leftism is to | |
| dissociate leftism from egalitarianism.[/quote][/quote] | |
| I don't consider people to be equal, I consider the bourgeoisie | |
| and the middle class whose wealth they don't want confiscated to | |
| prevent the social inequality experienced by the lower classes, | |
| to be the degenerates. | |
| [quote][quote]"Middle and upper class citizens work by getting | |
| more value for their wages and benefits, which should also be | |
| appropriately taken by lower class citizens who also help with | |
| their work."[/quote] | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| Why should someone who takes greater risk, more precisely | |
| someone who takes on risk so that others (the employees) can | |
| avoid risk, not have a chance for greater reward? | |
| ..... | |
| [quote]Profits should be shared based on the sales of each | |
| product."[/quote] | |
| Should losses also be shared? What if B doesn't want to risk | |
| loss, while A is willing to take the loss on B's behalf? Why | |
| shouldn't the two of them be allowed to agree between themselves | |
| that B receives a fixed income no matter how well the product | |
| sells, whereas A after paying B gets the profit or takes the | |
| loss depending on how well the product sells?[/quote] | |
| In a socialist society, each citizen works according to their | |
| abilities. People whose jobs are classified as "middle class" | |
| and "upper class" are not risk-takers, as they have proven they | |
| find it easy and capable to do those jobs. So they find it easy | |
| just as lower-class people find it easy with the lower-class | |
| jobs they do. Moreover, the work plan is already risk-free | |
| because it is guaranteed by the planning and direction of the | |
| national government. | |
| [quote][quote]"Therefore, the income of the middle- and | |
| upper-class citizens should be confiscated by the state. If they | |
| refuse to comply, they must be ruthlessly coerced."[/quote] | |
| You are the one initiating violence.[/quote] | |
| Capitalists also say that the destruction of the middle and | |
| upper classes is a form of violence. You shouldn't think like | |
| them. | |
| [quote][quote]"This will ensure equal distribution of income | |
| among the population, thereby overcoming social jealousy and the | |
| formation of a new bourgeoisie."[/quote] | |
| In other words, you are an egalitarian.[/quote] | |
| I don't consider the middle and upper classes to be equal to the | |
| proletariat. They deserve violent retaliation for their | |
| attitudes that perpetuate social jealousy and foster a | |
| condescending attitude toward the lower classes. Yet, the lower | |
| classes have made significant contributions to the agricultural | |
| sector, providing affordable food, and providing basic | |
| necessities, the fruits of their labor being essential for a | |
| nation's population. Making the middle class and upper class | |
| have incomes that are not too high when compared to the incomes | |
| of the lower class is a form of regulating groups of people who | |
| are materialistic and demean the human soul. | |
| [quote][quote]"There is nothing spiritual about people who are | |
| not troubled by social inequality and the circumstances in which | |
| consumption gaps occur."[/quote] | |
| I have always been emphatically anti-egalitarian.[/quote] | |
| If you are truly anti-egalitarian, you must be willing to | |
| consider the middle class and the bourgeoisie as inferior. | |
| [quote][quote]"I've already explained the negative impacts of | |
| selling expensive products"[/quote] | |
| The "negative" impact according to you is that they make infrus | |
| feel jealous. According to you, jealousy is a valid reason for | |
| initiating violence.[/quote] | |
| The middle class perpetrates violence by making society's | |
| consumption conditions seem more decent to them, but this | |
| decentness is difficult for the lower classes, who have done | |
| nothing wrong and are still trying to work for the continuation | |
| of society. It is natural for the lower classes to hate the | |
| middle and upper classes. | |
| [quote][quote]"Buyers of expensive products perpetuate social | |
| jealousy, which has a detrimental psychological impact on its | |
| victims."[/quote] | |
| Good-looking people having sex perpetuates sexual jealousy, | |
| which has a detrimental psychological impact on incels who then | |
| claim to be "victims". I do not take incels' complaints | |
| seriously either.[/quote] | |
| People who appear "better" are obliged to protect themselves | |
| from the lust of those who see them. Therefore, they are | |
| required to cover their bodies to prevent the spread of | |
| pornography and social jealousy. People who look good and cause | |
| social jealousy are the ones who commit violence first. | |
| [quote][quote]"While not everyone can afford expensive products, | |
| everyone should be able to afford affordable products that are | |
| still suitable for consumption."[/quote] | |
| I already said I want to keep both restaurants, which includes | |
| the less expensive one that B can afford to visit regularly. By | |
| also keeping the more expensive restaurant, B has the additional | |
| option of visiting it occasionally. So I am giving B more | |
| choices than you are.[/quote] | |
| Nevertheless, even though they have choices in consumption, | |
| lower-class citizens are still exposed to the potential for | |
| being devalued by the middle and upper classes due to their | |
| lower quality of consumption, despite still being considered | |
| adequate. Meanwhile, the middle class has easier access to | |
| higher-quality products due to their sufficient financial | |
| resources. This materialistic attitude can be overcome by | |
| forcing the middle and upper classes to consume affordable, | |
| usable products. Affordable, usable products are accessible to | |
| all economic groups, including the lower classes. This prevents | |
| discrimination based on materialistic economic superiority and a | |
| violation of sensitive morality. Furthermore, it is impossible | |
| for everyone to have the opportunity to become part of the | |
| middle and upper classes, so it is unreasonable to force all | |
| lower-class people to become middle and upper-class to address | |
| this social gap. It is impossible for all lower-class jobs to | |
| remain vacant, as the results of their work are greatly needed | |
| by the state. | |
| [quote][quote]"if subject A preserves expensive products by | |
| consuming them regularly, he can be called a perpetrator of | |
| psychological violence in society."[/quote] | |
| Incels claim a good-looking male-female couple having consensual | |
| sex is being "violent" towards incels, but incels forcing the | |
| woman to have sex with incels (which would be the actual | |
| initiated violence) is fine. I do not take them seriously | |
| either. | |
| ... | |
| You think they wouldn't if they could afford to? Then why be | |
| jealous? If B is uninterested in the more expensive restaurant, | |
| why would B be jealous of A visiting it regularly? That B is | |
| jealous implies B actually wants to visit it as frequently as A | |
| does, except B cannot afford to. This is logical proof that B is | |
| not more internally austere than A is.[/quote] | |
| Of course, the way to deal with sexual jealousy is to prevent | |
| someone with an "attractive" appearance from showing off their | |
| appearance. That's why I support the anti-pornography movement. | |
| Just as in addressing economic inequality, I am socialist and | |
| oppose the consumerist habits of the middle class and the | |
| bourgeoisie. Indeed, the "infru" certainly desire higher-quality | |
| consumption like the middle class and bourgeoisie. But their | |
| limited financial conditions and work capacity prevent them from | |
| achieving it. They have already indirectly addressed the social | |
| envy stemming from their inability to do so. They have done the | |
| right thing. Now all that remains is to try to regulate those | |
| who can afford expensive products, so that they are willing to | |
| engage in consumption behavior that does not perpetuate social | |
| and economic inequality. Socialist action and regulating the | |
| consumption behavior of the middle and upper classes is the way | |
| to go. | |
| [quote](For the record, I myself have never visited an expensive | |
| restaurant except when someone else was paying. ;D When I am | |
| paying, I mostly buy uncooked food (from the discount shelf | |
| whenever possible) to cook at home myself, and when I have to | |
| eat outside I choose the cheapest restaurant (that has vegan | |
| food). I also am not jealous at all of people who visit | |
| expensive restaurants frequently.)[/quote] | |
| So you need to understand social inequality and social jealousy, | |
| along with their negative impacts on the state. Hitler wasn't | |
| even like you in thinking about how society should conduct | |
| economic activities. | |
| [quote][quote]"they don't deserve to be hurt."[/quote] | |
| If A punches B, A is the one causing the hurt which B does not | |
| deserve. | |
| If B is jealous of A, B is the one causing the hurt which B | |
| therefore deserves. | |
| If B motivated by jealousy punches A, B is the one causing the | |
| hurt which A does not deserve.[/quote] | |
| The group that causes social jealousy is the one that first | |
| commits violence, and those who fight back against social | |
| jealousy are victims of psychological terror caused by unequal | |
| economic and social conditions. And they can be considered those | |
| who commit revolutionary retaliatory violence. If you don't want | |
| to understand this, don't ever claim to be a socialist; you are | |
| not committed to being a socialist. The Jewish and "Westerners" | |
| who tend to be upper middle class will love the exposition of | |
| the social theories you believe in. | |
| [quote][quote]"I even doubt whether you are committed to | |
| upholding socialism."[/quote] | |
| https://trueleft.createaforum.com/questions-debates/re-national-socialists-were… | |
| That's precisely what will happen by keeping both restaurants, | |
| with the more expensive restaurant paying more in profit tax | |
| than the less expensive restaurant (where the profit comes more | |
| from A's bills than from B's bills since as yourself say B does | |
| not eat here as frequently as A does). But you want to get rid | |
| of the more expensive restaurant![/quote] | |
| Socialism means preventing the power of groups or individuals to | |
| have the will and ability to manage capital, which ultimately | |
| harms the lives of those less fortunate, both economically and | |
| psychologically. Therefore, socialist action is not enough if it | |
| only requires the middle and upper classes to pay taxes to the | |
| state. | |
| [quote]"Furthermore, after the war, the National Socialist | |
| German state, which has pursued this goal from the outset, will | |
| work tirelessly to realize a program that will ultimately lead | |
| to the complete elimination of class distinctions and the | |
| creation of a truly socialist society." - Adolf Hitler's Speech | |
| for the Heroes' Memorial Day (1943)[/quote] | |
| Source: | |
| Adolf Hitler's Speech for the Heroes' Memorial Day (March 21, | |
| 1943). (2015, October 30). In Wikisource. Retrieved 08:42, | |
| October 4, 2024, from | |
| https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Adolf_Hitler%27s_Speech_for_the_Her… | |
| />21, 1943)&oldid=5923919 | |
| [quote]Das Schwarze Korps explained that large German companies | |
| differed in several ways from the foreign capitalist | |
| organizations it criticized. One reason was that the private | |
| power of large owners in Germany had been controlled, and they | |
| could no longer manipulate the state as in the past. | |
| Furthermore, capital was no longer anonymous. Factory owners and | |
| their representatives were known and required to produce for the | |
| benefit of the people, regardless of their personal desires. The | |
| journal argued that this situation might appear to outsiders as | |
| "corporate capitalism," but in fact, it was | |
| "Volksgemeinschaft."113 The journal acknowledged that there were | |
| people in Germany who still sympathized with the old capitalism. | |
| It identified them as members of the middle class who still | |
| believed in the old liberal doctrines of individualism and the | |
| primacy of economics over politics. The journal implied that | |
| such individuals must be coerced and intimidated into accepting | |
| National Socialist ideology. | |
| (May 6, 1943)[/quote] | |
| Source: | |
| The Voice of the SS: A history of the SS Journal 'Das Schwarze | |
| Korps' by William L. Combs, Page 317 | |
| [quote]In 1943, Das Schwarze Korps commented that, "when we | |
| rebuild our economic life after the war, at least we will not | |
| repeat our previous mistakes. The middle class does not exist. | |
| That term is just a slogan from democratic times."[/quote] | |
| Sources: | |
| 1. The Nazi War Against Capitalism by Nevin Gussack, page 80 | |
| 2. Royal Institute for International Affairs. Review of the | |
| Foreign Press 1939-1945 Series A, Volume VIII, Enemy Countries; | |
| Axis Controlled Europe, Nos. 169-192 (Kraus, 1980) | |
| #Post#: 30634-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 21, 2025, 6:09 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| "I don't consider people to be equal" | |
| Yet you keep talking about "social equality" as if it is a good | |
| thing and "social inequality" as if it is a bad thing. | |
| "I consider the bourgeoisie and the middle class whose wealth | |
| they don't want confiscated to prevent the social inequality | |
| experienced by the lower classes, to be the degenerates." | |
| See? You want to prevent social inequality. Therefore you are an | |
| egalitarian. | |
| "People whose jobs are classified as "middle class" and "upper | |
| class" are not risk-takers" | |
| You are the one claiming that all business owners are unethical, | |
| therefore I only need to find one counterexample to prove you | |
| wrong. My counterexample is A in the scenario I proposed: | |
| [quote]What if B doesn't want to risk loss, while A is willing | |
| to take the loss on B's behalf? Why shouldn't the two of them be | |
| allowed to agree between themselves that B receives a fixed | |
| income no matter how well the product sells, whereas A after | |
| paying B gets the profit or takes the loss depending on how well | |
| the product sells?[/quote] | |
| Stop dodging and address it. | |
| "Moreover, the work plan is already risk-free because it is | |
| guaranteed by the planning and direction of the national | |
| government." | |
| What if there is a earthquake/hurricane/flood/etc. that destroys | |
| the stock of finished products before it was able to be sold, | |
| you moron? | |
| "Capitalists also say that the destruction of the middle and | |
| upper classes is a form of violence. You shouldn't think like | |
| them." | |
| Capitalism has only existed for several centuries. Private | |
| property predates capitalism and even predates history, going | |
| all the way back to the Neolithic era when people first started | |
| owning farmland. Therefore supporting private property doesn't | |
| imply I think like a capitalist. It would be more accurate to | |
| say I think like standard ancient people. | |
| "They deserve violent retaliation for their attitudes that | |
| perpetuate social jealousy and foster a condescending attitude | |
| toward the lower classes." | |
| Violence as a reaction to something non-violent that you dislike | |
| is initiated violence, not retaliatory violence. | |
| "If you are truly anti-egalitarian, you must be willing to | |
| consider the middle class and the bourgeoisie as inferior." | |
| You prove you do not understand logic. The sufficient condition | |
| for me to be anti-egalitarian is that I accept some form of | |
| unequal society. This does not imply I would accept every | |
| possible form of unequal society. | |
| "The middle class perpetrates violence by making society's | |
| consumption conditions seem more decent to them, but this | |
| decentness is difficult for the lower classes, who have done | |
| nothing wrong and are still trying to work for the continuation | |
| of society." | |
| I can walk. Walking is difficult for someone without legs. Am I | |
| initiating violence by walking just because someone else (who | |
| has done nothing wrong and pays taxes) has no legs? | |
| "It is natural for the lower classes to hate the middle and | |
| upper classes." | |
| If a guy without legs tries to cut my legs off after seeing me | |
| walk, is it my fault for walking or his fault for being jealous? | |
| "People who look good and cause social jealousy are the ones who | |
| commit violence first." | |
| Incel. | |
| "even though they have choices in consumption, lower-class | |
| citizens are still exposed to the potential for being devalued | |
| by the middle and upper classes due to their lower quality of | |
| consumption, despite still being considered adequate. Meanwhile, | |
| the middle class has easier access to higher-quality products | |
| due to their sufficient financial resources. This materialistic | |
| attitude can be overcome by forcing the middle and upper classes | |
| to consume affordable, usable products." | |
| Even though they have choices in transportation, citizens | |
| without legs are still exposed to the potential for being | |
| devalued by the walking and running classes due to their lower | |
| quality of transportation, despite still being considered | |
| adequate. Meanwhile, the walking class has easier access to | |
| higher-quality transportation due to their sufficient | |
| physiological resources. This materialistic attitude can be | |
| overcome by forcing the walking and running classes to use | |
| affordable, usable wheelchairs. | |
| Do you agree with the paragraph I just wrote? | |
| "The group that causes social jealousy is the one that first | |
| commits violence, and those who fight back against social | |
| jealousy are victims of psychological terror caused by unequal | |
| economic and social conditions." | |
| So walkers are the group that "first commits violence", and | |
| those who try to cut walkers' legs off are "victims of | |
| psychological terror"? | |
| "If you don't want to understand this, don't ever claim to be a | |
| socialist" | |
| I support building wheelchair lanes in all public spaces funded | |
| by taxes even if such taxes come proportionately more from | |
| walkers than non-walkers. Therefore I am a socialist. (I merely | |
| do not support forcing walkers into wheelchairs also.) | |
| #Post#: 30638-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: National Socialists were socialists | |
| By: antihellenistic Date: July 22, 2025, 12:37 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote]See? You want to prevent social inequality. Therefore you | |
| are an egalitarian.[/quote] | |
| I equalize income not to equalize people, but to punish people | |
| who like the materialistic and unequal lifestyle of the middle | |
| class and bourgeoisie. You also want the state to be filled with | |
| people who share your common ground, agreeing with your idea of | |
| nobility. In fact, you also desire egalitarianism in the country | |
| you desire. There's nothing wrong with trying to make things | |
| less unequal. | |
| [quote]"People whose jobs are classified as "middle class" and | |
| "upper class" are not risk-takers" | |
| You are the one claiming that all business owners are unethical, | |
| therefore I only need to find one counterexample to prove you | |
| wrong. My counterexample is A in the scenario I proposed: | |
| [quote]What if B doesn't want to risk loss, while A is willing | |
| to take the loss on B's behalf? Why shouldn't the two of them be | |
| allowed to agree between themselves that B receives a fixed | |
| income no matter how well the product sells, whereas A after | |
| paying B gets the profit or takes the loss depending on how well | |
| the product sells?[/quote][/quote] | |
| Workers and business owners are both equally capable of doing | |
| their jobs. Workers already find it easy and are trained to do | |
| their jobs, while business owners find it easy and are trained | |
| to manage work plans for their production/business models. | |
| Therefore, they deserve a similar wage difference, as both are | |
| equally capable of handling the workload. Unless they encounter | |
| a workload they find challenging and are able to complete it, | |
| then they deserve a pay increase. However, the possibility of an | |
| increased workload will be addressed through proper government | |
| planning, thereby minimizing the occurrence of workload | |
| imbalances that lead to the desire for higher wages among | |
| workers and businesses whose sovereignty has been curtailed. The | |
| possibility of losses in business is mitigated by planning | |
| purchases and sales, so there are no losses. Because all | |
| products produced must be purchased by the surrounding | |
| community, there are no voluntary transactions between buyers | |
| and sellers that lead to uncertainty about consumer demand | |
| estimates, which places a heavier burden on producers or their | |
| workers. I feel, from our conversation so far, that you're still | |
| using capitalist logic to justify your defense of the middle and | |
| upper classes. That's why you can't be considered a socialist, | |
| and you can't even be considered to have properly introduced | |
| Hitler's economic system. | |
| [quote]Stop dodging and address it.[/quote] | |
| I am ready to continue discussing your mistakes in understanding | |
| socialism. | |
| [quote]Capitalism has only existed for several centuries. | |
| Private property predates capitalism and even predates history, | |
| going all the way back to the Neolithic era when people first | |
| started owning farmland. Therefore supporting private property | |
| doesn't imply I think like a capitalist. It would be more | |
| accurate to say I think like standard ancient people.[/quote] | |
| Capitalist culture and individual ownership originated in the | |
| West | |
| [quote]It is indeed from the Greek world of the 6th century | |
| onwards that we habitually hear scholars speak of the �world�s | |
| first scientific thought,� the �birth of rational man,� the | |
| �discovery of politics,� the �invention of prose,� or the | |
| �discovery of the mind.�3 Even the classicist and military | |
| historian Hanson, who resists a sanitized version of the Greek | |
| legacy, and draws attention to the contributions of robust | |
| farmers and hoplite fighters, argues all the same that �the core | |
| values� of Western culture � rationalism, citizen armies, | |
| private property, and separation between religious and political | |
| authorities � �originated in ancient Greece during the polis | |
| period� (1999: xi�xxiv). Hanson dates the polis period to �the | |
| era roughly between 700 and 300 BC.� He claims that the values | |
| of a free citizen were not linked primarily to the rise of | |
| mercantile classes and urbane thinkers, but to the �the rise of | |
| a novel middling class of autonomous farmers� who owned and | |
| worked their farms of about 10 acres at the end of the Dark Ages | |
| (1100�800 BC), and went on in the next four centuries to become | |
| the dominant cultural force in ancient Greece. Th ese �yeomen� | |
| farmers were not the majority in absolute numbers � one-third to | |
| one-half of the adult male free residents of the Greek polis saw | |
| themselves as independent landowners � but they revolutionized | |
| the economic, military, and cultural life of Greece. They | |
| cultivated an ethos of family-centered production, free choice | |
| in economic activity, freedom from arbitrary taxes and rents, | |
| and a mentality which favored constitutional government based on | |
| local representation (1999: 25�45, 179�318).[/quote] | |
| The Uniqueness of Western Civilization by Ricardo Duchesne Page | |
| 343 | |
| This is the example of socialism. The state controls private | |
| ownership | |
| [quote]The economy of the 3rd century BCE Mauryan Empire of | |
| India, under the rulership of its first emperor Chandragupta, | |
| who was assisted by his economic and political advisor Kautilya, | |
| has been described as, "a socialized monarchy", "a sort of state | |
| socialism", and the world's first welfare state.[15] Under the | |
| Mauryan system there was no private ownership of land as all | |
| land was owned by the king to whom tribute was paid by the | |
| Shudras, or laboring class. In return the emperor supplied the | |
| laborers with agricultural products, animals, seeds, tools, | |
| public infrastructure, and stored food in reserve for times of | |
| crisis.[15] | |
| [15] Roger Boesche (2003). The First Great Political Realist: | |
| Kautilya and His Arthashastra. Lexington Books. pp. 67�70. ISBN | |
| 978-0-7391-0607-5. | |
| ... | |
| Ideas and political traditions that are conceptually related to | |
| modern socialism have their origins in antiquity and the Middle | |
| Ages.[6] Ancient Egypt had a strong, unified, theocratic state | |
| which, along with its temple system employed peasants in massive | |
| labor projects and owned key parts of the economy, such as the | |
| granaries which dispensed grain to the public in hard times.[7] | |
| This system of government is sometimes referred to as | |
| 'theocratic socialism".[8][/quote] | |
| Source : | |
| Wikipedia contributors. (2025, July 14). History of socialism. | |
| In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:58, July 22, | |
| 2025, from | |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_socialism&oldid=1300504993 | |
| [quote][quote]"They deserve violent retaliation for their | |
| attitudes that perpetuate social jealousy and foster a | |
| condescending attitude toward the lower classes."[/quote] | |
| Violence as a reaction to something non-violent that you dislike | |
| is initiated violence, not retaliatory violence.[/quote] | |
| The creation of social inequality by the middle and upper | |
| classes is violence. This creates a human tendency to feel | |
| superior and physically and psychologically humiliate other | |
| innocent humans simply because they do not have more decent | |
| possessions like the middle and upper classes. To believe that | |
| the middle and upper classes do not engage in psychological and | |
| political violence is a big lie and a contradiction to the | |
| socialist way of life. Of course, violence as a reaction to | |
| something non-violent that you dislike is initiated violence, | |
| not retaliatory violence, the example is the reaction to the | |
| resistance revolution to the middle and upper classes, and the | |
| reaction to the state's stance of ending voluntary transactions | |
| between producers and consumers. That two reactions to | |
| revolutionary actions can be called violent actions, because | |
| these reactions are in the nature of rejecting revolutionary | |
| actions. | |
| [quote][quote]"If you are truly anti-egalitarian, you must be | |
| willing to consider the middle class and the bourgeoisie as | |
| inferior."[/quote] | |
| You prove you do not understand logic. The sufficient condition | |
| for me to be anti-egalitarian is that I accept some form of | |
| unequal society. This does not imply I would accept every | |
| possible form of unequal society.[/quote] | |
| I accept an unegalitarian society, I agree with retaliatory | |
| violence against the middle class and bourgeoisie, but I support | |
| the working class. I would make the incomes of the bourgeoisie | |
| and middle class less different to those of the working class. | |
| But I would support maintaining decent living standards for the | |
| working class, and for the former middle class and bourgeoisie | |
| who have been subjugated to the party and the state, and whose | |
| wealth has been confiscated. | |
| [quote][quote]"It is natural for the lower classes to hate the | |
| middle and upper classes."[/quote] | |
| If a guy without legs tries to cut my legs off after seeing me | |
| walk, is it my fault for walking or his fault for being | |
| jealous?[/quote] | |
| It's your fault for not showing sympathy for those born without | |
| a full set of legs. Be kind to disabled people who haven't done | |
| anything wrong. If you humiliate him physically, mentally, or | |
| both, and he attacks you relentlessly, then you deserve to be | |
| attacked. | |
| [quote][quote]"People who look good and cause social jealousy | |
| are the ones who commit violence first."[/quote] | |
| Incel.[/quote] | |
| Even if I were labeled an "incel," it would still be no worse | |
| than a good-looking couple causing pornography and social | |
| jealousy. | |
| [quote][quote]"even though they have choices in consumption, | |
| lower-class citizens are still exposed to the potential for | |
| being devalued by the middle and upper classes due to their | |
| lower quality of consumption, despite still being considered | |
| adequate. Meanwhile, the middle class has easier access to | |
| higher-quality products due to their sufficient financial | |
| resources. This materialistic attitude can be overcome by | |
| forcing the middle and upper classes to consume affordable, | |
| usable products."[/quote] | |
| Even though they have choices in transportation, citizens | |
| without legs are still exposed to the potential for being | |
| devalued by the walking and running classes due to their lower | |
| quality of transportation, despite still being considered | |
| adequate. Meanwhile, the walking class has easier access to | |
| higher-quality transportation due to their sufficient | |
| physiological resources. This materialistic attitude can be | |
| overcome by forcing the walking and running classes to use | |
| affordable, usable wheelchairs.[/quote] | |
| I urge people with normal feet to empathize and refrain from | |
| doing anything that could potentially physically or | |
| psychologically degrade people with disabilities. This can be | |
| done by allowing privileges to be granted to those with | |
| disabilities. Just as we privilege the lower classes and police | |
| the middle and upper classes harshly. After all, I want everyone | |
| to be worthy, not everyone to be disabled. Eliminating wealth | |
| from the middle and upper classes doesn't make them economically | |
| disabled; they will simply have less wealth that creates | |
| inequality, but still allows them to live a decent life. | |
| [quote]Do you agree with the paragraph I just wrote?[/quote] | |
| No, you are wrong in explaining the logic. | |
| [quote]So walkers are the group that "first commits violence", | |
| and those who try to cut walkers' legs off are "victims of | |
| psychological terror"?[/quote] | |
| Pedestrians who refuse to empathize with innocent people with | |
| disabilities are committing violence and psychological terror in | |
| the first place. And the way to prevent social jealousy between | |
| them is, public places should be made easy for people who pass | |
| through them, even though many people still find it easy in | |
| public places where the level of difficulty for walking is high. | |
| [quote]"If you don't want to understand this, don't ever claim | |
| to be a socialist" | |
| [quote]I support building wheelchair lanes in all public spaces | |
| funded by taxes even if such taxes come proportionately more | |
| from walkers than non-walkers. Therefore I am a socialist. (I | |
| merely do not support forcing walkers into wheelchairs | |
| also.)[/quote][/quote] | |
| If socialism simply means imposing high taxes on the wealthy, | |
| then a mixed capitalist (social democracy) society would already | |
| do that. In reality, this system has failed to achieve | |
| socialism. Socialism means forcing everyone who is naturally | |
| inclined towards economic and social activities that prioritize | |
| self-potential, capital accumulation, and efficiency to | |
| prioritize empathy and life planning for the sake of lightness, | |
| sensitivity, and safety. | |
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