Making things worse in the short term in the hope of bringing about a utopian society in the long term through social tension and misery… that sounds like a pretty evil philosophy to me. Ordinary people (non-communists) don’t care about some theoretical utopia, they want improvements to their quality of life now.

Am I missing something?

  • wraptile
    24·
    4 years ago

    But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.

    - Karl Marx

    • nutomicA
      71·
      4 years ago

      So you think that voting for conservatives or fascists is a good thing in any way?

      • wraptile
        26·
        4 years ago

        Way to twist my words with your bogeyman flavors!

        You said it has nothing to do with communism and here I am giving you a quote by Karl Marx himself!

        • nutomicA
          42·
          4 years ago

          Your quote doesnt even mention accelerationism, just free trade.

          • wraptile
            15·
            4 years ago

            Do you really chose to be so ignorant just to protect your established bias?

            In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.

            Let me rephrase it for you since clearly you are having trouble here. It says: free trade accelerates social revolution and he, Karl Marx the founder of communism, said that he is in favor of free trade because it’ll bring social revolution faster.