No, my comment wasn’t filled with buzzwords. The soviets had a remarkably effective system, as does the PRC, as do other socialist states. It isn’t a matter of trying to rescue demonstrable failures from their contradictions, but trying to replicate their astounding successes and go even further.
Historically, your method of trying to work within a system designed not to change in order to help ease people into socialism never works. Not only can Mamdani not implement socialism, but only expand safety nets within the constraints of his mayoral position, at the same time he’s already strongly opposed by the state. Instead, what’s important is working class organization directly, and following up on what has worked historically.
No, my comment wasn’t filled with buzzwords. The soviets had a remarkably effective system, as does the PRC, as do other socialist states. It isn’t a matter of trying to rescue demonstrable failures from their contradictions, but trying to replicate their astounding successes and go even further.
Historically, your method of trying to work within a system designed not to change in order to help ease people into socialism never works. Not only can Mamdani not implement socialism, but only expand safety nets within the constraints of his mayoral position, at the same time he’s already strongly opposed by the state. Instead, what’s important is working class organization directly, and following up on what has worked historically.