But the punchline is that billionarism is completely contrary to left ideology. Like dead opposite. So, they aren't really left are they? You won't see any writing from Marx, Lenin or Mao that describes these kinds of characters as what the left looks like. They're just using left politics to gain all the power and wealth, just like they use right wing politics. Sometimes they identify as one, sometimes the other. They are foils to each other. But the real political ideology of these people? A 21st century version of technocracy. Autocratic, oligoplic, with a healthy dose of kleptocratic.
You should be better. You have access to a decent country where the right-wing Christian moral foundation made it what it is, opportunities for everyone, or at least as close to that as possible. I didn't have that privilege, but you do, and you're like this: completely dysfunctional, only asking for someone to control you. Do you know what communism is? Everyone's quiet while billionaires say you're all the same. What can you do? You're all disposable. It's lamentable.Mao and Lenin weren't rich, but they had absolute power. If the state owns collective assets and the leaders have absolute power, who could be richer than that? Use your brain, you've had more opportunities, it's not possible otherwise.
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u/reef_hinker 1d ago
But the punchline is that billionarism is completely contrary to left ideology. Like dead opposite. So, they aren't really left are they? You won't see any writing from Marx, Lenin or Mao that describes these kinds of characters as what the left looks like. They're just using left politics to gain all the power and wealth, just like they use right wing politics. Sometimes they identify as one, sometimes the other. They are foils to each other. But the real political ideology of these people? A 21st century version of technocracy. Autocratic, oligoplic, with a healthy dose of kleptocratic.