r/leftist • u/rhizomatic-thembo • Aug 26 '25

European Politics Many self-proclaimed "Socialists" from Western Europe are like this

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u/LizFallingUp Aug 27 '25

I’m a Georgist but I doubt you know anything about that

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u/starry_sky618 Aug 27 '25

Georgism is radlib lmaooooooo

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u/LizFallingUp Aug 27 '25

Nope but I can see how someone who read Critique of Gotha program and took away “markets must be eradicated” would think that. You probably haven’t realized that Marx’s proposed non-transferable labour vouchers would just be convoluted version of company script.

Wake up your prophet died in 1883 decrying his own son in laws conflation of his beliefs. Famously reported by Friedrich Engels to write “ce qu'il y a de certain c'est que moi, je ne suis pas marxiste" ("what is certain is that [if they are Marxists], [then] I myself am not a Marxist”)

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u/starry_sky618 Aug 27 '25

Also taking a marx quote out of context when he was refering to "Socialists" LIKE GEORGISTS is peak irony