I have almost 2 years of Nostr, and at this point, it should be safe to say that I'm not a "tourist". Funny enough, some so-called freedom fighters are not here anymore. πŸ˜‚

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People with titles like "Libertarian Socialism" and similar things keep appearing on my profile. These people have no idea about reality, I understand.
That's because of the political compass test, it gives libertarian socialism as one of the results even though it makes absolutely no sense πŸ˜‚
Josef Stalin's parties in his palaces were pretty libertarian, inspiring works like "The Master and Marguerite". Maybe they think that's what they'll be doing under such a regime.
Socialism supports the idea of voluntary exchange. Socialism is not regulating the market, it's about removing the parasite class that gets their wealth from exploiting workers.
Libertarian socialism has been a term since long before the political compass test existed. It's a redundant term because socialism is inherently libertarian by nature.
That's exactly it, you can't be both socialist and libertarian, but there are some here who call themselves that.
I don't really know, but they have an idea of ​​mixing libertarianism with a social political idea. There's a theory by Gramsci that teaches how to carry out a cultural revolution, so it's possible they'll try to incorporate their cultural revolution here.
The terms capitalism and socialism are worn out relics of nineteenth century ideology. Both depend on centralization and political management. Capitalism, as it exists today, is not voluntary free exchange but a State protected hierarchy of corporate privileges, central banking, and legal monopolies. Socialism, in turn, replaces one master with another, trading the capitalist for the commissar, the market for the Ministry. Both are forms of centralized economics, where power flows downward and freedom upward only by permission. Neo-Agorism belongs to neither camp. It represents decentralized economics, an order of voluntary, bottom up cooperation. Not capitalism in the corporatist sense, not socialism in the collectivist sense, but a stateless market rooted in mutual exchange. The proper language of freedom is not β€œisms” but markets, real, living, spontaneous markets between free individuals.
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ChadXMR 2 months ago
To me Capitalism = free markets and private property Socialism = centrally planned economy and common property Todays western systems would in this regard best be described as "corporatism" where state and corporations are intertwined in governing
Yes, that's exactly it, the pseudo "Democracy" model has become a true cooperative system. The government produces nothing, and the large producers, while remaining closer to a monopoly without actually being one, use the government, invest in both sides, and have support from both sides. In this case, the liberal economy always takes a back seat.
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ChadXMR 2 months ago
Yes, to me common property is the marketing term for state property in socialist ideology. Do you know a catchy term to describe the market situation in western democracies today?
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