• davelMA
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    8 months ago

    Political cults that purport to be left-wing seem like such a minor thing to worry about. The LaRouchite & PatSoc & Infrared cults have never grown to any significance.

    All three of the examples I reviewed are based on or inspired by a branch of the Leninist tradition

    Oh, I see. Whatever you do, stay away from Marxism-Leninism, the only socialist tradition that has proven successful thus far 🙄

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      8 months ago

      have never grown to any significance.

      I think their significance is actually pretty high for those affected or indoctrinated by those cults.

      Marxism-Leninism, the only socialist tradition that has proven successful thus far

      How do you define success? Being a great blue print for cults? Like every(okay not every single one) Leninist group in my area seems to just one sex pest scandal away from turning into a legitimite cult

      (Also I usually associate Marxism Leninism with Stalinism, while Leninism is for me something different from that.)

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        How do you define success?

        China has a full high speed rail network covering an entire billion+ country, has a surplus of housing, rent is 70% lower in Shenzen, a city 3x larger than London and can provide healthcare to every person inside of it.

        I define it by comparision, why can a ‘cult’ provide more than other countries of similar sizes? (India, America)

        This is a childish arguement.

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          8 months ago

          Newsweek: Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans

          lol this is exactly what I expected, some statistic about live expectancy or literacy rate. I kinda get that, but its a perspective that I dont really care about. Because its the states perspective.

          And I thought we would atleast agree that the so called USA is fucked up and just shitty. Why would you want to compare yourself with that? Its like a really low bar to clear and atleast for me not a sign of success.