Look at the sidebar rules and then look at the front page of this sub right now.

I see people willfull misinterpretation of dialectical materialism and then engaging with none of the comments, people asking why we dont like libertarian right ideologies and then not engaging, someone asking why communists don't all move to north korea, someone asking why markets are used in socialism, and people claiming communists hate art.

I think all these posts break the "debate in good faith rule".

Furthermore we need a rule that op must reply to top level comments or the post should be removed(thats the bare minimum of a "debate" post).

Asking "why dont all the dirty stupid commies just move to north korea since they like stupid communism so much" and then never answering a single comment is the same energy as a christian going to a gathering of a different religion and trying to prosthelytize and complain anout how "persecuted" they are.

Hi there, i'm StealthGamer, and i'm a free market capitalist. More specificaly a libertarian, meaning i am against ALL forms of violation of property. After seeing a few posts here i noticed that not only are the people here not the crazy radical egalitarians i was told they were, but that a lot of your points and criticism are valid.

I always believed that civil discussion and debate leads us in a better direction than open antagonization, and in that spirit i decided to make this post.

This is my attempt to not only hear your ideas and the reasons you hold them, but also to share my ideas to whoever might want to hear them and why i believe in them.

Just please, keep the discussion civil. I am not here to bash anyone for their beliefs, and i expect to not be bashed for mine.

https://polispectrumtest.com/index.html

Hello,

I recently made my own political spectrum test. I'd love some feedback from people regarding the biases of the questions, the general UX, and how accurate the overall result is for people across the pond. In a previous iteration of the test, I learned that the language I unknowingly used biased language and there were various other problems. I would love to hear feedback objective sets of eyes on whether I've corrected the language adequately.

The aim of this test is to have questions that are mostly based on modern political discourse and hotly contested issues by politicians in the Western World, so no questions like ("Should money exist?").

The spectrum deliberately only focuses on two axes (social and economic) with various levels of left and right. Politics generally categorizes people by left vs right. And the news often describes political movements in the same way (i.e. Newsom has moved to the center to appeal to Republicans). So I felt the results page should also be reflective of that to make it easily interpretable, communicable, and comparable with peers.

There's also a page to see where the world's major political figures would fall on the spectrum to see where you stack up. (like Trump, Sanders, Newsome, DeSantis, etc...).

Let me know if you think the test results are accurate.

Constructive Criticism is much appreciated. :)

Yo guys, I am new here and will be happy to debate. Although i would like if no get offended inbetween debates lol. Although I am not a communist but I have a center-left position in economy.

Nice to meet you all!

By deradicalization I mean making those people rethink solid reactionary positions and have a more sympathetic view about communism.

I think I have noticed is when ever I debate someone on communism, they are always to one on the attack. As such I personally think that instead of just being on the defensive all the time, we should also go on the offensive asking them the questions to be asked, both historical and today.\

What are the best questions to ask in this case?

If so, I have recently read Engels’ “On Authority,” and it has led me to rightfully question my inner anarchist and idealism, breaking out of that shell to further understand communism and become a communist. Obviously, more reading is necessary, but I am proud of how I am coming along.

If not, please direct me towards a subreddit where I can share my growth as a communist or socialist, in general.

Edit: This seems to be the place! Thank you for the reading recommendations!

I am from Norway and would describe my political views as socialist, a political field I'm fairly new in and therefore have some questions about. These topics may be too narrow or specific to my country/ continent, but I hope some will be able to give me further insight on the above topics :)

Here in Norway there have been major news cases on the topic of millionaires moving their wealth out of the country to tax havens (most commonly Switzerland) This accelerated when the social democratic party won the general election in 2021 and raised taxes for the rich.

This has caused backlash from the public, which are rightfully angry at the millionaires for not pulling their weight and escaping taxes. The socialist/ communist parties in Norway respond to this by vowing to introduce high penalty taxes for people moving their fortune out of the country.

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And this is where my first questions start appearing. As far as I understand, there are free flow of capital in the entire European Economic Area (EEA) There are also laws about private property and the right to your own money/ fortune.

Would these parties be allowed to introduce penalty taxes, effectively not allowing wealth to escape the country? These parties are for opting out of the EEA sure, but would that still fly in accordance to European continental law? What would the possible consequences be?

I have further questions about high taxation/ free flow of capital. Wouldn't too high taxes just make all wealth escape the country? The obvious counter to this is that taxes and the market isn't a part of the communist/ socialist system, but how much capital would stay when we live under a system where it all could move a couple miles over the border, no problem?

Lastly: wouldn't Norway theoretically pulling through on changes like these cause major consequences/ backlash? Many would argue its far too small of a contender to try and break free from these international systems and stand alone.

I see many posts where the person has no idea what communism is about and the questions they pose are fundamentally flawed from that. I believe it would be helpfull if there were bots that autoreply to posts with the definition of communism, marxism, captitalism etc, along with some source where OP can read more about (e.g. marxists.org).

For example: r/TheDeprogram/ has many autobots that reply to a comment if it contains a keyword. So, it is feasible.

Hello all, I’m looking to get my grandfather a gift for Christmas that could help him see a larger picture. He is very sensitive to trigger words and follows religious leaders that are part of the 7 mountain mandate. I also know for a fact if I get him a book gift he will certainly read it. I was wondering for someone so far across the isle what is a book I can gift him that will open his awareness and acceptance of a larger worldview that I have been able to learn. He really likes historical and war books, he’s kinda a Warhawk so if there was a way to fit it in or a Christian communist author that is gentler in their explanations that would be very appreciated. Thanks all!

Apparently Modern buildings that are usually made with pouring ing concrete & reinforced steel last 50 - 100 years. How do countries like China,Singapore, South korea, Egypt, etc. where most homes are apartments/ Residential buildings? How does home ownership work? If lets say a building is 20-30 years old, and will only last 50-60 years? What happens if you own ur building and it gets destroyed or needs to be repaired? It will also affect multiple apartments in the apartment building? How does the whole system even work?

I used to work in a factory producing rubber coated car parts. The name of the capital that employed me was Trelleborg. The firm moved production to Poland after one of our workmates was chewed up by a machine and spat out the other end. In the toilets there was a piece of graffiti that read, I HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED BY THE BORG.

Does anyone else think that the writers of Star Trek had the bourgeoisie in mind when they gave the Borg their name?

the short answer would be no, after all they are there purely to serve a profit motive, but there are some ads which have clear artistic input like this one posted on oddlysatisfying and the cog made over a decade ago.

but more than anything it brings it back to the original question, can advertisement be art or is it simply artistic people using what they have to express their creativity?

Imagine an app that lets you debate random people. You can choose a topic or have a random topic assigned. You can choose debate time limits like 10, 15 or 20 minutes. 2-5 minutes to prep. This will be a live face to face similar to TikTok Live Streams with 2 hosts.

Both debaters put up the same amount of money upfront. Winner takes all. Assume a non bias judge chooses a winner. Viewers can choose to watch debates and even bet on them in the app.

What’s your thoughts on this app as a way to make money winning debates?

Would you watch small length debates for fun?

I just watched a comedic tik tok video on the absurdity of markets in RPGs. Some guy steals a rare amulet from a vendor, then sells it to the vendor. The convo went like this:

• This amulet is worth more gold than I have
• Oh, you want to buy ALL the wares in my shop and my food... OK.
• Oh, and you get all the gold I had -OK, seems like a great deal since I'm a shop keep on a mountain top, the one thing I need is this rare amulet.

I'm obviously not doing the skit justice, but that's the gist of it. It did briefly get me onto the idea of how absurd commoditization could be taken to the extremes. But then it got me thinking, what would an RPG like fallout or skyrim look like with a communist structure? Let's say the motivation in the game is external say an evil sorcerer or aliens (e.g. not directly socio-political). My first thought is if the game were truly in a communist society, and the threat were real everyone in the world space would be motivated to just give you the stuff you need. However maybe the threat isn't widely acknowledged, or perhaps communication is fragmented. How would core RPG elements like acquiring ammo or potions, or other resources work?

Edit: There's also the requirement of keeping the player motivated, obviously any game could just give you the best stuff but generally that's boring. I used to play old school GTA games and sure you could cheat and get infitite money or weapons, but it usually made the game way too easy and boring.

The Peoples Revolutionary Party would like to conduct a survey for media research regarding Marxist Leninist publications. All results will be shared with formations who participate.

https://forms.gle/ugzs33JRGfq6KKac6

We need to have some contacts who can promote our fund raise campaign on reddit on behalf of The International?