Comment on What’s the difference between communism and socialism?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 hours agoGovernment and people are never going to have the same interests and it’s generally a good thing to take power away from the government and let the people handle things through free association; it’s a bad thing to do the opposite.
I think you gave a good explanation however, I disagree with your conclusion; it’s a shame you’re down voted because of people disagreeing (probably) with this statement (or because they’re .ml tankies)
Democratically elected government should have the people’s interests in its core, since you know, it’s democratically elected. Obviously propaganda and sociology exist; but those problems are problems no matter what organizational structure you are in.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
The point of democratic elections is, in my mind, to somewhat tame the natural tendency of government to work against the interest of the people. We still need to remember that even a democratic government isn’t the same thing as the people themselves (who for the most part want to live a life where they can do what they like as long as they aren’t harming anyone else), and has its own interests that may be quite different from that of the people… it’s better than a dictatorship, no doubt!
We currently have a very good example of this: a lot of governments around the world are currently passing laws requiring age verification on social media. Did the people ever ask for this? Is it in the interest of the people to have that? Is it harmful to anyone if young people are using social media? No: it’s in the interest of governments to be able to identify people posting on the Internet, it’s in the interest of governments if there aren’t too many different social media sites operating so that they have an easier time monitoring what’s going on on them… it is, I guess, also in the interest of governments that young people aren’t having too much fun and don’t hear too many diverse voices so that school is the main source of information for them and they don’t get distracted too much? Nobody can tell me that any government that’s doing this is acting in the interest of the general population, especially not the ones affected!
a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Here in Canada the current gov is looking to pass age verification laws and polls show that they have like 70% support from the general population. I’m not saying these laws are a good thing, but I think it’s more complicated than a simple story of government oppression.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
holy shit not Canada too >:(