r/AskSocialists

It makes sense to me tbh, when a state that has less population numbers than a single city while also being insulated, plus succeseptible to FOX propaganda, it can look like an artificial cap on majority rule and hold the rest back for the interests of a comparatively few. Do you believe that?

The selfishness and lone wolf mentality of americans genuinely needs to be studied, for one they don't care about anything unless it affects them personally like they're just apathetic to other people's suffering, and two most seem to prefer living alone in isolation away from their families, I've seen some even go as far as to claim that they'll rather struggle on their own than live with other people, not realizing that families sticking together is how you build generational wealth, also less stress since you have other people helping you cover bills, food and other expenses, groups accomplish shit faster than lone wolves, and three you're going to have a very difficult time trying to make friends in america, not only because of the anti-social infrastructure but also becuse most people just seem unwilling to connect with new people outside of their little clicks, you can try to talk to people in public places and they will act as if you're bothering them, they'll be very dry with you and won't even try to keep a conversation going, makes it feel like you're a nuisance and then they wonder why there's a loneliness crisis, that way of living is unnatural and unhealthy, we did not evolve to be solitary animals.

Im a 20yo mtf ML and I genuinely hate metropolitans with all my life, im Puerto Rican so I live in a very conservative area

And I just feel so detached from them

Every time I talk with a metropolitan I genuinely feel like im talking with a larper, they have never know what it is to see normalized discrimination, they have never seen boys calling the F word to gay people on school, they have never know what it is to genuinely don't know ANYBODY thats left wing and having to conform with right wing friendships, they talks POLITICS WITH THEY PEERS and disagree while being on the same spectrum, they dont have to struggle to find a job or to be in a good university, they can find workplaces with people with they same political views

And I just, idk, I wish I could meet someone left wing in my life but at this point I realize that unless I move to the capital is impossible and I just hate it so fk much

Its a mixture of jealousy and superiority, of thinking that I more valuable than then for reaching Marxism by my own terms and not just because I was raised comfortably

This behavior is so toxic and antisocial, and I genuinely don't know how to stop thinking this way

If I want a better life, if I want to truly be a Marxism, I should know how to be able to connect with other people, but its just feel so impossible, is like they where sponge bob's

I find it particularly hypocritical when Americans deflect all there issues onto Israel controlling trump or America and Zionist influence in American society when America is literally the model that Israel is trying to replicate. The US is the blueprint, and what Israel is trying to do is something the US completed a long time ago. A successful settler colonial state where the native inhabitants have been successfully pacified and shoved into small reservations, completely outmatched by US military might.

Does anyone here identify as a socialist but not a communist for whatever reason and would that viewpoint make sense? Marxist theory states socialism is a step towards the eventual communist society, but it can also be argued that there have been socialist figures that have rejected Marxism. Just wanted to know what people thought

hello everyone,

i would describe myself as a democratic socialist with progressive social views. free healthcare, public transit, pro choice, etc. i graduated recently with a philosophy degree. it was a phenomenal experience that absolutely shaped me as a person, i loved learning how to articulate myself and think about deep questions. i chose philosophy simply because it appealed to me. in a perfect world, id be a philosophy professor or researcher, but academia is a shithole currently and doesnt pay that well. as the high of graduation has worn off and my savings dwindle, my opinions on jobs/careers shift. during college, i figured id be good with 40-50k a year. but i dont think i can do that, so ive been considering commission-based sales since it lines up with the argumentative skills ive learned. i want out of this capitalistic rat race as soon as possible, to retire early, and that seems extremely possible in the field. i want to move out of my parents house and go be with the one i love. but i just feel... weird about it? obviously, even if i make 6 figures im not going to be jeff bezos, or be abusing underpaid labor in foreign countries. but it feels like a moral failing, that somehow if i chase the dream of retiring early or selling stuff no one needs-obviously not ideal, would try to get into business sales asap-, that i will become right-wing somehow, my personality would shift, or id become out of touch.

is it morally wrong to try and reach my personal goals within the systems of capitalism? or was i given no other choice?

any response is welcome. im sure its a common existential question especially for humanities grads lmfao

I live in a country full of self-exploited and class unconscious petit bourgeois, and they could work legally but that would imply working in equally exploitative conditions but with shrunken and disproportionate salaries.

The country collects most taxes from only a few states and since these taxes are often stolen from corruption and used in unpopular public services, most people want nothing to do with taxes, banking systems and formal employment.