• Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          12 hours ago

          The assumption of maleness on lemmy really bothers me. Anyway, I’m just being a bit pedantic. Presumably as a socialist you are in favor of toppling the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in favor of a dictatorship of the proletariat, no?

          • buttnugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            11 hours ago

            I did not assume you were male, I was being obnoxious because of your superfluous response. There’s no pedantry. I have never liked the concept of a dictatorship of the proletariat, and I don’t think that’s relevant to a modern understanding of socialism anyhow.

            • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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              2 hours ago

              Sorry, English is not my first language. I did not realize ‘son’ is gender neutral. Anyway yes, the pedantry was mine. Not sure how you have socialism without the workers being in control of the society, but okay.

              • buttnugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                2 hours ago

                Son is not gender neutral, but I do use it as such to be silly. I was absolutely being obnoxious. I’m sorry for that.

                So here’s the thing. I do believe in workers owning and controlling the means of production, of course, but I do not consider this a dictatorship of the proletariat. It’s very authoritarian in construct, and I don’t share that vision of transition in a democratic context.

                I should also note that I don’t think it’s feasible for a proletarian revolution in which there is a powerful state that can be taken over in that manner. The state’s modern monopoly on violence is much more advanced than a hundred years ago.

                You do believe in such a thing I take it?