TheMedicareWizard
Super Genius
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The claim I quoted, which I interpreted as "Most young people are focused on navigating the current economy, rather than being indoctrinated with communism, and the left still operates within a capitalist system."
Let's examine your questions since you decided to pose them
If someone decides not to participate in the capitalist system, they would need to find alternative ways to meet their basic needs, such as growing their own food, building their own shelter, and providing their own healthcare. It sounds like it would be a very challenging and time-consuming task, and it would not be possible for many people. Additionally, even in alternative systems, such as anarchism, communism, or socialism, individuals would still be required to contribute to some extent in order to sustain the community or society. Is there a real alternative to that in any system that's any better?
Again, what's the alternative? I assume you think there is an alternative to these tenets. Perhaps the utopian communist society that was written about by Marx. He believed communism could be a stateless society where the means of production and distribution are collectively owned and managed by the community. In this sense, there would be no government in the traditional sense of the word, as no central authority controls or directs society. Now.. show me one communist country where that has played out?
Several countries have attempted to establish socialist or communist systems, such as the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Vietnam, among others. However, these countries typically have centralized governments controlling the economy and political system. In these systems, property has often been owned by the state rather than the community as a whole, and individual freedoms have been limited to achieve collective goals.
These countries have faced challenges and criticisms, including human rights abuses, lack of political freedom, and economic inefficiency. Despite this, young people in our country are indoctrinated by a false hope that these other systems are somehow better.
Did you get this from ChatGPT? You guys seem to think I'm a communist.
Saying young people are indoctrinated by false hope is pretty bleak. It's telling them "hey, you guys better suck it up and accept the status quo without question." It's telling them they may as well give up trying to improve society for the betterment of mankind.
It is possible to push for progress while accepting that utopia is idealism. Use your imagination.