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I know that some people might subscribe to the latter ideal, but that's not my belief system. I believe that we should continue to innovate and improve our lives, but that the people who do the innovating should see the reward of their efforts, not just their bosses. That's why I'm a (libertarian) socialist. Socialism isn't about making sure everybody has equal resources, it's defined by the phrase "from each according to his ability, to each according to his contribution", as opposed to communism's "... According to his need". Communism is meant to describe a post-scarcity economy,realistically. Socialism is about removing the class division between worker and capitalist that's really it. You can have welfare and whatnot and that's a good thing in terms of social utility, but it's not inherent to socialism. That's more social democracy, which is a reformist ideology where you just tack amendments onto capitalism, rather than a socialist ideology.

I do agree with not wanting insurrection though - the time for that in the West has probably passed. The global South on the other hand, is still oppressed enough to warrant taking up arms.



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