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What ideological subdivision?
Social welfare liberalism (i.e. Ted Kennedy/FDR) 20%  20%  [ 3 ]
Social Democracy (i.e. Olof Palme) 47%  47%  [ 7 ]
Leftwing nationalism 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Left-libertarian 7%  7%  [ 1 ]
Marxian Communist 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Non-Marxian Communist 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Democratic socialist 7%  7%  [ 1 ]
Other socialist 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other (explain) 7%  7%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 15

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22 May 2010, 9:46 pm

You basically seem like a far-right conservative to me. If your "liberal" view on minorities means that you favour affirmative action, that's somewhat incongruous, but otherwise you seem to be in the direction I imagine the far-right in the U.S. is heading based on the young conservatives and "libertarians" I've spoken to.



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23 May 2010, 1:14 pm

I have hereby pollarized this thread.



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23 May 2010, 5:58 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Have you ever seen road kill? These are the remains of animals who tried to find a happy medium on a busy highway.


and when elephants fight, the torn-up grass below is the roadkill.



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24 May 2010, 8:11 pm

Liberal I am. Enough said.


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30 May 2010, 10:21 am

I believe in praxis, theory meets action which redefines theory.

The things that interest me are anarcho-syndicalism, primitivism and Stalinism. I think an anarcho-syndicalism is nice, but maybe impracticable. After all, Stalinists took over China, Russia and Eastern Europe, and anarcho-syndicalists took over half of Spain for a few years (and some of the biggest anarchists...joined the government). Primitivism is something I think to reflect on, and maybe counter some Marxist ideas about positivism.



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30 May 2010, 10:41 am

AntiAuth wrote:
I believe in praxis, theory meets action which redefines theory.

The things that interest me are anarcho-syndicalism, primitivism and Stalinism. I think an anarcho-syndicalism is nice, but maybe impracticable. After all, Stalinists took over China, Russia and Eastern Europe, and anarcho-syndicalists took over half of Spain for a few years (and some of the biggest anarchists...joined the government). Primitivism is something I think to reflect on, and maybe counter some Marxist ideas about positivism.


The Soviet path leads straight to the Gulag.

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15 Nov 2019, 6:09 pm

Non-marxist communist here. I must say I'm surprised by the lack of far leftists on these forums, although I suppose it makes sense given the right wing's association with order and rigidity, and the notoriously poor reputation of state socialist countries such as the USSR and China.

I don't think the Labor Theory of Value is completely correct - obviously, people have their own subjective notions of value, but if we left it at that, then it would suggest that nobody could ever get ripped off or scammed, which is obviously not the case. The value of something seems to depend on both the cost or labor required to supply it, and the demand for it, which suggests a combination of the two theories.

Either way, it suggests to me that workers, indeed, are being scammed by the capitalists they work for.



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15 Nov 2019, 6:43 pm

rdococ wrote:
Non-marxist communist here. I must say I'm surprised by the lack of far leftists on these forums, although I suppose it makes sense given the right wing's association with order and rigidity, and the notoriously poor reputation of state socialist countries such as the USSR and China.

I don't think the Labor Theory of Value is completely correct - obviously, people have their own subjective notions of value, but if we left it at that, then it would suggest that nobody could ever get ripped off or scammed, which is obviously not the case. The value of something seems to depend on both the cost or labor required to supply it, and the demand for it, which suggests a combination of the two theories.

Either way, it suggests to me that workers, indeed, are being scammed by the capitalists they work for.


This thread is nine years old. The guy above your post (an arch conservative who often dominated dialogue on the PPR back then- and maybe giving you a slanted view of the views of WP members) stopped posting years ago, and has probably passed away. Just so you know.



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15 Nov 2019, 6:48 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
rdococ wrote:
Non-marxist communist here. I must say I'm surprised by the lack of far leftists on these forums, although I suppose it makes sense given the right wing's association with order and rigidity, and the notoriously poor reputation of state socialist countries such as the USSR and China.

I don't think the Labor Theory of Value is completely correct - obviously, people have their own subjective notions of value, but if we left it at that, then it would suggest that nobody could ever get ripped off or scammed, which is obviously not the case. The value of something seems to depend on both the cost or labor required to supply it, and the demand for it, which suggests a combination of the two theories.

Either way, it suggests to me that workers, indeed, are being scammed by the capitalists they work for.


This thread is nine years old. The guy above your post (an arch conservative who often dominated dialogue on the PPR back then- and maybe giving you a slanted view of the views of WP members) stopped posting years ago, and has probably passed away. Just so you know.


My bad, I didn't realize how old this thread was, although I still see a lot of conservatism on these forums. Perhaps I could make a new poll so that it would be up to date?



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16 Nov 2019, 6:50 pm

^^^great idea :wtg: :idea: