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I have noticed a huge difference between Lemmygrad and Lemmy.ml in terms of what kinds of theory gets upvoted and downvoted. What is the general vibe on here towards actually existing socialism as well as the ideas towards reformism?

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[โ€“] ShesDayDreaming@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm iffy about Lenin too. Marx and Engels wrote about bottom up socialism but Lenin came along and basically said the working class is too stupid for a socialist revolution and opted for top down socialism which led to authoritarian socialism and state capitalism.

Our neolib capitalist society is top down governance which is why I highly oppose everything that isn't bottom up socialism

[โ€“] Zstom6IP@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

yeah, i agree, lenin is mid.