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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The big issue with “trying” communism is that it historically has only really occurred through violent revolution. The political instability in these situations gives a perfect opportunity for the seizing of power by exactly those kinds of people.

Gradualist Socialism was the political project for Social Democrats in post-war Europe. They had 30-odd years to achieve it in several countries. The issue becomes that once they started notching up victories, radicalism decreased, and that when they're not starving and oppressed people categorically will not vote to let someone collectivize their farms and expropriate their homes. It seems clear to me that in real-world conditions, a Socialist state can only come about through revolution, because the path in a democracy is far too long and leaves far too many angles of attack from a liberal opposition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's also worth considering the impact of different voting systems on this as well, which is hard to do in an experimental way.

The effect of, for example, first past the post's 2 party system is hard to know for sure, but almost certainly has a substantial impact on how political views transition over the long term.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The effect of the 2 party system on how people understand politics and society is incredibly interesting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That maybe implies that the happy spot is somewhere in the middle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Maybe? We're currently trying to implement a different economic transition, from pollution to green. I don't think popular resistance to those changes imply that we should try for a happy medium instead. Similarly, the difficulty in achieving Socialism democratically doesn't necessarily imply anything about how desirable the end state would be.