From 26b7902077905321815ee72279f7d6d7198c0dd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dessalines Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:05:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fixing some formatting in socialism_faq --- socialism_faq.md | 35 +++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/socialism_faq.md b/socialism_faq.md index 8b295b5..b21e92b 100755 --- a/socialism_faq.md +++ b/socialism_faq.md @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ # Socialism FAQ +[The Bullshit asymmetry principle, or Brandolini's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Bullshit_asymmetry_principle): + +> The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it. + ## Contents @@ -66,9 +70,7 @@ ## Socialism and communism * [Did Karl Marx use "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2msa39/did_karl_marx_use_socialism_and_communism/) - * [Is the revolutionary DotP a separate material stage apart from lower phased communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2mrkkj/is_the_revolutionary_dotp_a_separate_material/) - * [Is socialism the lowest stage of communism or is it the transition to communism, in between capitalism and communism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2rijno/is_socialism_the_lowest_stage_of_communism_or_is/) ## Didn't communism fail? It works on paper but not in practice. @@ -82,11 +84,8 @@ ## Who would sweep the floors under communism? * [How can people be expected to work hard if they don't get payed more FOR working harder? (I know nothing about communism)](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21u7jo/how_can_people_be_expected_to_work_hard_if_they/) - * [What prevents cultural, technological or scientific stagnation in a communist society? Also what motivation do people have to work at their Jobs?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27ia0t/what_prevents_cultural_technological_or/) - * [How does communism deal with lazy people?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/25r9hh/how_does_communism_deal_with_lazy_people/) - * [How does communism/socialism deal with human laziness?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1g235j/how_does_communismsocialism_deal_with_human/) ## But what about human nature? @@ -109,29 +108,17 @@ ## What would [X] be like under communism? * [How would a record company/label work in a communist society?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1a0htc/how_would_a_record_companylabel_work_in_a/) - * [Music tours and traveling in a socialist state?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2bs0yb/music_tours_and_traveling_in_a_socialist_state/) - * [How would airlines work for the workers and the customers in a communist world?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1exz0n/how_would_airlines_work_for_the_workers_and_the/) - * [How would a society without the family work?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/14mh40/how_would_a_society_without_the_family_work/) - * [Distribution of housing](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1jlaja/distribution_of_housing/) - * [Record Collecting](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/25t8ps/record_collecting/) - * [How would everyday life be different in a Marxist society?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2awusu/how_would_everyday_life_be_different_in_a_marxist/) - * [How would non-essential products their production be promoted in a traditional Marxist economy?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/22bjbf/how_would_nonessential_products_their_production/) - * [How would media be handled in a Communist state?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1kr25m/how_would_media_be_handled_in_a_communist_state/) - * [What is going to happen after the revolution?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27l9cc/what_is_going_to_happen_after_the_revolution/) - * [How would a communist economy really function in practice?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1g279l/how_would_a_communist_economy_really_function_in/) - * [How does communism deal with niches?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27o04e/how_does_communism_deal_with_niches/) - * [How would residentials be fairly distributed under full communism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2hnmxx/how_would_residentials_be_fairly_distributed/) ### Further reading @@ -141,25 +128,15 @@ ## On Leninist theory * [An overview of Leninism.](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/) - * [What is the vanguard party? Is one necessary?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/142p1b/what_is_the_vanguard_party_is_one_necessary/) - * [Why is a vanguard party necessary in Leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2n5xx3/why_is_a_vanguard_party_necessary_in_leninism/) - * [What is Vanguardism and Democratic Centralism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/2eo0ft/what_is_vanguardism_and_democratic_centralism/) - * [What is a vanguard party supposed to be like? What qualifies and doesn't qualify as a vanguard party?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/1b0r0o/what_is_a_vanguard_party_supposed_to_be_like_what/) - * [Difference between leninism and Marxist-leninism?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/21jk1t/difference_between_leninism_and_marxistleninism/) - * [Why does left communism reject national liberation movements?](http://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/27lbru/why_does_left_communism_reject_national/) - * [Is it true that Socialism has killed X million people, and how many has capitalism killed?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/5q2oak/someone_dies_under_socialism_no_matter_how_its/dcvu8lg/) - * [What's the role of the state in the revolution, and what is a state?](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/) - -* [Why do many socialist attempts end up in an authoritarian state? Watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVes44hcJg&feature=youtu.be), or read his article, [Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut](http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/05/23/left-anticommunism-the-unkindest-cut/). - +* [Why do many socialist attempts end up in an authoritarian state? Watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVes44hcJg&feature=youtu.be), or read his article, [Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut](http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/05/23/left-anticommunism-the-unkindest-cut/) * [What did Lenin say about socialism in one country?](https://espressostalinist.com/2012/03/11/lenin-on-socialism-in-one-country-2/) ### Further reading @@ -368,8 +345,6 @@ ### [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk#wiki_anti-communist_myth_number_1.3A_north_koreans_believe_in_unicorns_and_they_think_kim_jong-un_is_immortal) - [Do communists defend the nationalistic (juche) aspects of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea)? short answer: no.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLDISCOURSE/comments/60voir/lets_talk_about_the_dprk/) - - - [*Western DPRK Propaganda: The Worst, Occasionally Hilarious, and Often Racist, Lies*]( http://anti-imperialism.org/2014/08/14/western-dprk-propaganda-the-worst-occasionally-hilarious-and-often-racist-lies/) by Alyx Mayer - [*Anti-DPRK Propaganda War – a Cavalcade of Comedy*](http://redyouthuk.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/dprk-propaganda-war-a-cavalcade-of-comedy/) by Red Youth - [*Tourist who took camera inside North Korea shocked by 'ordinary' lives of citizens*](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2638213/Tourist-took-camera-inside-North-Korea-expected-really-really-sad-people-shocked-seemingly-ordinary-lives-citizens.html)