• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    And what do you think “Socialism” is? Is it something external, that the working class has to find? Or is it working class solidarity? Something we already have, but aren’t using to its actual potential?

    Working together is a choice. Who else is to blame for not making it, except us? All “the system” can do is try and convince us that we don’t have that power. But, as soon as we decide to work together, that power is ours.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      Socialism is a mode of production, characterized by public ownership as the principle aspect of the economy, and the working classes in charge of the state. It isn’t something to be “found,” or something already present in capitalist society, it’s something to be realized by overthrowing the capitalist state and replacing it with a socialist one. Even if every single working-class individual agreed that socialism is necessary, you still need to organize, and you still need to overthrow capitalism.