may i remind you that as a left-libertarian:

  1. i support the constitution, despite its flaws, and even the flaws about the founding fathers.
  2. i support limited government within a socialist framework
  3. i’m pretty sure there are revisionists here on hexbear which is fine - everyone has their own opinion, and some (including the people here) have their own taste of socialism/communism.
  4. i do NOT condone the actions of stalin in any way, shape and form - between stalin and trotsky, i’d go with trotsky. he should’ve succeeded lenin in the 1920s to begin with.
  5. there are democratic and libertarian forms of communism such as/like de leonism, left-communism and even council communism.
  6. i find the idea of a multi-party communist country (like in ‘reds! a revolutionary timeline’ (you can also find the wiki here (just DON’T vandalize it, and i mean it!), or in nepal through ‘people’s multiparty democracy’) to be interesting.
    • DylanMc6 [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      firstly, i think that if the us becomes a socialist nation, the constitution will have to be reformed, the government will have to be restructured to fit within a socialist framework, and a second bill of rights would be ratified.

      secondly, the rules say 'Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every leftist has a place in our community - discussing differences in theory is fine and encouraged, just don’t make it personal". it’s fine if you’re a stalinist - that said, what stalin did during his tenure is very inexcusable, gulags and all. if trotsky was given the job instead of stalin, he would’ve decentralized the soviet government completely. plus, there are democratic and libertarian forms of communism such as:

      1. de leonism (a cross between marxism and syndicalism (named after daniel de leon) in which the government has a party-union framework, rather than party-state)
      2. anarcho-communism (which emphasizes the ‘stateless’ part of communism)
      3. council communism (in which a communist government consists of workers’ councils)
      4. left communism (any communist ideology that opposes stalinism) i’m somewhere in the ‘anti-stalinist left’.

      and by the way, what are your thoughts on the us constitution?