@anthonyzenkus Liberalism is committed to capitalism? Capitalism is essential to liberalism? I'm no expert, but pretty sure that my view that the workers -- NOT the state -- should own the workplace is fully compatible with my liberal principles, and that such a system would no longer be a

@The__Pigman What you're describing is absolutely not a liberal belief. I believe you have that belief, but it's anything but liberal. It's Marxist.

@anthonyzenkus Isn't this that mofo that lives like a billionaire and pops up in major magazines, while claiming to be a commie? Yeah, that's who we should be listening to.

@The__Pigman You can listen to whomever you want, but his point is right on. If you have a problem with any of his points, let's hear it.

@anthonyzenkus Nailed it. However, there is hope. Bannon wrote the playbook and MAGA proved that precinct strategy can work. Progressives could, from the ground up, precinct by precinct, take over the Dem party and kick out all the DINOs and turn the Dem party into a real progressive party.

@BlakPil77087 The problem is that both parties are pro-capitalist. MAGA base and Republican politicians and donors obviously love capitalism - but progressives, actual progressives, challenge the capitalist system itself. Dem politicians and donors won't allow this to happen.

@anthonyzenkus The ratchet effect is what’s being described at the end of the video

@AedricOisin yes

@anthonyzenkus When did Kyle Kulinski get this smart?

@logicrafting Not every leftist man with a microphone and blonde hair dye is Kyle Kulinski.

@anthonyzenkus This is rare, you can't point to a lot of historical examples of this and the examples you do have are before Keynesian economics which completely solves this "problem" and this also ignores the main contributing factors to fascism

@anthonyzenkus I’m sure you know this / covered it but as Michael Hudson teaches the original liberal political economy of (e.g. Ricardo, Mill) made the key commitment to ridding society of rent-seeking / unearned income. They wanted to free the market FROM this not FOR this.

@anthonyzenkus The reaction of the wealthy was to bury this idea of unearned income and invert the distinction above: all income earned is the same whether or not it’s “earned in [the wealthy’s] sleep.” Somewhat hilariously “there’s no free lunch” is precisely and insidiously wrong.

@anthonyzenkus Most people haven’t figured out that liberals and fascists are not on opposing teams. They’re the offensive and defensive lines of the same capitalist ruling-class.

@anthonyzenkus It matters little to the empire if a handful of leftists pretend they can take material actions. All will be swept away irreversibly as automation drives their labor value to zero. Capitalism ends not with the ruin of the contending classes, but with total victory for the elite.

@anthonyzenkus Sig liberalism is committed to capitalism socialism is committed to authoritarianism and dictatorships because of the evolutionary step of control for those that control supply and demand starts with the corruption

@anthonyzenkus Jason Hickel https://x.com/jasonhickel/stat...

@anthonyzenkus As long as the market lives- any market- even a socialist market- humanity is doomed to self annihilate.

@anthonyzenkus The only dead thing here is the brain of the speaker in the video

@anthonyzenkus That's a great analysis of some of the conflict between real Socialist versus Faux ones like DSA reps in government

@anthonyzenkus The system exists to ENSURE the free lunch for finance continues much as the way western democracies produce politicians TO MAKE SURE the citizen’s CAN’T get what they want.

@anthonyzenkus "Liberalism" = "Being nice to everyone" — MAGA

@anthonyzenkus @kamran5461 I will say it has not always been this way. In its infancy, liberalism was kinda supportive of socialism to achieve their goals; like they supported everyone's right to vote here in Sweden e.g. and cooperated with the Social Democrats here to achieve it. In the end you are right

@anthonyzenkus Plus, a lot of Western liberals are closet racists too. They just don't want to admit it.

@anthonyzenkus I think this argument is partially correct, but honestly, the understanding of socialism is quite self-serving. Prioritizing the accumulation of capital over values is less a problem of liberalism and more an issue of how the social system is institutionally designed.