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0 pointstpm16d ago0 comments

> My point is that it's never really possible to provide a detailed plan for a complete changing of the social order.

That's correct, but if the communist avantguarde says (as they did) "we have to completely change the social order by force, uproot everything, to build communism", there might be questions if it's at least going to be directionally good or bad. And if the answers can't be provided, then perhaps they shouldn't be doing it at all?

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foldr16d ago· 1 in thread

Yep, that’s the classic small ‘c’ conservative argument against revolutions or sudden changes. It’s a fine argument, but it’s not specific to communism.

tpmOP16d ago

Pretty sure I've already used it 20 years ago.

Yeah it's not specific to communism, one just needs to look at the sudden changes the US admin is implementing to see it's broadly applicable, only they don't even pretend to be interested in societally good outcomes.

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