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Calling out stupid liberal takes is political extremism sure. I don’t see a lot of extremists on lemmy.ml just a lot of salient takes that liberals don’t like to have to reckon with.

Why?

First why?

Second why are you equivocating these two figures?

No lol

These AI agents are not working autonomously or with any agency like you are describing. They are coded to do what they are doing.

Neurons? That’s not how any of this works

Ah I’m not an accelerationist. I don’t believe in taking the most painful path to progress because that sounds miserable and people deserve to live lives worth living.

You know you could just talk to people or read a book…

I think we are mixing democratic socialism and social democracy here.

Democratic socialism is literally the classical political perspective of the revolutionaries from early 1900s whereas social democracy is a political ideology where reformism is the endgoal. I know in modern contexts much of this revolutionary fervor has been liquidated into reformist tendencies but as a communist who firmly believes in democratic centralism and the obvious need for a socialist revolution in service of the creation of a communist society, I am comfortable calling myself a democratic socialist but reject the label of social democrat.

Reforms are not bad. Pushing for reforms can be in service of creating a larger revolutionary moment but it cannot be the endgoal of the movement or the politics advancing it otherwise it is simply fighting for a nicer form of capitalism that extends the longevity of the bourgeoisie’s hegemonic power. We are not going to free ourselves from the grips of capitalism overnight. We are not going to change the hearts and minds of people who have by and large lived every waking moment of their life indoctrinated into neoliberalism all at once. It will necessarily be a gradual thing but we must keep our eyes on what the ultimate goal is and ensure we do not lose sight of it. We are fighting for the liberation of every human being across the face of the globe - it’s gonna take some time.

I’d go so far as to say there’s 10% of people who are really anticapitalist leaning between the Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists. Its an exciting time for sure! It only takes a small population of dedicated operatives to foment revolution.

One thing I will say is most Americans have no idea what these words actually mean in any substantive way (I was guilty of this until just some handful of years ago like I’m sure many others were) so I’d be interested to understand who was polled more.