Me after creating a meme and starting a political debate on memes sub “what have i done”.I HATE MY CREATION for the record.

  • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Left wingers want collective ownership of the Means of Production, right wingers want individual ownership of the Means of Production.

    What follows from that are generally a bunch of interconnected, intersectional views. Leftists tend to oppose hierarchy, rightists tend to support hierarchy.

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        9 months ago

        To expand, left wingers analyze current events as a historical process and as an actionable future plan, considering current ownership itself unjust regardless of historical context, though certainly not made any better when combined with it. I don’t really see many making a mockery of their own position.

        Right wingers do falsely claim that anyone can arrive at the top, they typically do so through some failed idea of meritocracy.

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          9 months ago

          Good additions. I actually struggled to find a good way to criticize the left because I am extremely left-leaning myself. I caught myseld writing a “cons bad” post and decided to attack the weaknesses I see in left-wing politics as a bit of a self-challenge, tho admittedly with only about two minutes of consideration. Judging by the points on the post my perspective is not very popular.

          Tbh I should give this more thought, finding flaws in your own positions is a harder exercise than I realized. I’ll have to explore and flesh out these ideas a bit more.