[ExI] Socialism

[John Clark]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM ddraig--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 at 07:35, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> >>I don't see how anyone opposed to capitalism could get a foothold in
>> America, the homeland of extreme capitalism
>
>
>
> *> So, based on my limited understanding of Marxist theory, the idea is
> that capitalism will become more and more concentrated, until a tiny tiny
> fraction of the population owns everything, and everyone else owns nothing.
> Thent he workers become more and more repressed until finally The
> Revolution has started and the glorious Worker's Paradise is erected upon
> the ashes of the Evil Capitalist Nightmare.  This is why communism was
> expected to begin in industrialised Europe, not the agrarian states where
> it was actually established (leaving aside Germany immediately after
> WWI). So, from that perspective, isn't the US precisely the place where we
> would expect communism to fire up?*
>

*Yes, if you think Karl Marx had anything intelligent to say.  I don't,**
the man has a lousy record at making predictions that pan out. The idea
that Marx could give us any insight about what we can expect of the AI
singularity is ridiculous.   *

*John K Clark*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20261020/5a486997/attachment.htm>