Owned by the government is specifically NOT"owned by the workers. That is definitionally not socialism, and it’s not communism either.
I seriously hate how no one even knows what socialism or real communism is… Only in stupid authoeitarian “communism” like China do you have the government own much of anything directly. Hell, in proper Communism, there’s not supposed to be much of a government at all. Nothing like the giant armies of beurocrats and politicians most places have today, anyways.
That’s kind of the point of most people who don’t think communism can function in current society, the government represents the people, right? So “the people” owning the means of production just becomes “the government” owning the means of production.
Which is why all “communist” states that have ever existed function identically to their fascist counterparts, because regardless of what you call it, the state owns everything.
Well that’s just a complete and utter misuse of the term, then. Possibly an effort by tankies to remove meaning from the label.
A tankie is a fake “leftist” who idolizes leftist policies and ideals, but does it via worship of the past efforts, like the USSR, or even specific “socialists” or “communists” like Lenin and so many other horrible dictators… in so doing, they completely and utterly fail to live a single leftist ideal and in reality end up idolizing fascists and authoritarians like Mao. This makes them functionally identical to fascists whilst they claim leftist motives.
Tankies realize leftist ideas are good, but utterly and completely fail to connect wishes with meaningful action, thus want some power figure to do it for them. They’re too stupid, ball-less, and self-centered to realize the actions they want to take are at best representative democracies, and at worst fascist dictatorships.
Tankies are wonderful to learn to properly identify, because it makes it sooo much easier to discard them and look for real leftists instead of idiots who use the same words.
Only full blown anarchists and extreme libertarians don’t want a government at all. It is utterly foolish to think all leftists wouldn’t support ‘an’ enforcement agency, regulations, and laws…
Owned by the government is specifically NOT"owned by the workers. That is definitionally not socialism, and it’s not communism either.
I seriously hate how no one even knows what socialism or real communism is… Only in stupid authoeitarian “communism” like China do you have the government own much of anything directly. Hell, in proper Communism, there’s not supposed to be much of a government at all. Nothing like the giant armies of beurocrats and politicians most places have today, anyways.
That’s kind of the point of most people who don’t think communism can function in current society, the government represents the people, right? So “the people” owning the means of production just becomes “the government” owning the means of production.
Which is why all “communist” states that have ever existed function identically to their fascist counterparts, because regardless of what you call it, the state owns everything.
People expressing opposition to the military industrial complex get called tankies these days.
Well that’s just a complete and utter misuse of the term, then. Possibly an effort by tankies to remove meaning from the label.
A tankie is a fake “leftist” who idolizes leftist policies and ideals, but does it via worship of the past efforts, like the USSR, or even specific “socialists” or “communists” like Lenin and so many other horrible dictators… in so doing, they completely and utterly fail to live a single leftist ideal and in reality end up idolizing fascists and authoritarians like Mao. This makes them functionally identical to fascists whilst they claim leftist motives.
Tankies realize leftist ideas are good, but utterly and completely fail to connect wishes with meaningful action, thus want some power figure to do it for them. They’re too stupid, ball-less, and self-centered to realize the actions they want to take are at best representative democracies, and at worst fascist dictatorships.
Tankies are wonderful to learn to properly identify, because it makes it sooo much easier to discard them and look for real leftists instead of idiots who use the same words.
How workers would own the means of production in socialism/communism without the government?
Only full blown anarchists and extreme libertarians don’t want a government at all. It is utterly foolish to think all leftists wouldn’t support ‘an’ enforcement agency, regulations, and laws…