07-12-2024, 05:34 AM
(07-12-2024, 03:31 AM)Boredfrom wrote:BDubs wrote:So he can overthrow the election after he loses and declare himself leader?
palas wrote:Well can we say this hasn't been tried already?
BDubs wrote:I mean, my point is I hate Lenin because he fumbled one of those world changing moments. Instead of being a statesman, he chose to be power hungry and do a coup. A democratic Russia, controlled by a series of socialist parties in a functioning democracy, could have been an example to the rest of the world and would have eliminated so many bad faith arguments against Marx's ideas. Instead it became an imperialist power that went on to invade and conquer its neighbors. WW2 wouldn't have turned out how it did, the Cold War didn't need to happen, "socialism" didn't need to become a four-letter word in the west. But it all happened the way it did because he chose his own personal power over doing the right thing.
Biden is likely facing one of those moments right now. A moment where he has to choose between his own personal power and doing what's right for everyone. These moments don't come along a lot, these moments where a single person can choose the flow of history, and I'm just hoping he doesn't fuck it up.
But you know what, maybe if we try socialism and communism one more time we might get it right this time...
