Okay, I want to dicuss this more later. It’s interesting to me to think about something as taboo as limiting free speech, but I get what you mean. The power the bourgeoisie have to control the news and media and therefore public opinion is crazy. My first thought was limiting their twitter usage, which I do think would be wrong. But limiting their ability to manipulate twitter with money or other, similar tactics would fall under the same umbrella. (Hopefully Ninja edit: but should be prevented, I mean! They shouldn’t be allowed to use their wealth to influence. But I don’t think their literal speech should be restricted! Unless they break the rules or something and get banned or something ykwim)
I know, I see the .ml 🤣
I think the morals of it are important for the sake of optics in the least. If oppression implies a cruelty and injustice (at the very least in some minds, mine included, and probably most people given the dictionaries I read/bing search results) which is not associated with the movement, it might be better to not use those words. Fair?
As far as optics are concerned, it’s important to be honest. As Marx himself stated, when our times come we will not make excuses for the terror. That means not trying to “prettify” the task of revolution, revolution isn’t a tea party. The tools the bourgeoisie uses to manipulate and control society in capitalism will be stripped from them and placed in the hands of the proletariat, and bourgeois property will be gradually taken from them. By rights, this is just, but it is also “authoritarian,” or “oppressive.” Nevertheless, this task must be done, and taken seriously, lest we fall to counter-revolution. At the same time, this will create genuine democracy for the proletariat.
Okay, I want to dicuss this more later. It’s interesting to me to think about something as taboo as limiting free speech, but I get what you mean. The power the bourgeoisie have to control the news and media and therefore public opinion is crazy. My first thought was limiting their twitter usage, which I do think would be wrong. But limiting their ability to manipulate twitter with money or other, similar tactics would fall under the same umbrella. (Hopefully Ninja edit: but should be prevented, I mean! They shouldn’t be allowed to use their wealth to influence. But I don’t think their literal speech should be restricted! Unless they break the rules or something and get banned or something ykwim)
I know, I see the .ml 🤣
I think the morals of it are important for the sake of optics in the least. If oppression implies a cruelty and injustice (at the very least in some minds, mine included, and probably most people given the dictionaries I read/bing search results) which is not associated with the movement, it might be better to not use those words. Fair?
As far as optics are concerned, it’s important to be honest. As Marx himself stated, when our times come we will not make excuses for the terror. That means not trying to “prettify” the task of revolution, revolution isn’t a tea party. The tools the bourgeoisie uses to manipulate and control society in capitalism will be stripped from them and placed in the hands of the proletariat, and bourgeois property will be gradually taken from them. By rights, this is just, but it is also “authoritarian,” or “oppressive.” Nevertheless, this task must be done, and taken seriously, lest we fall to counter-revolution. At the same time, this will create genuine democracy for the proletariat.
We can continue as much as you want!