• punkisundead [they/them]@slrpnk.net
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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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      8 months ago

      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.