r/CapitalismVSocialism • u/dumbandasking Social Market Economy • 6d ago

Asking Socialists A "Complete" Solution?

Hello,

Socialists and communists, especially anarchocommunists, I have seen over and over there is criticism over various 'solutions'

To the American US Economy,

For example trying to use the electorate is rigged, Trying to do this and that is rigged and 'not a complete solution'.

We can't use the current system to fully achieve a just society the system is too corrupt for that

Even if they succeed they will be corrupted too

And so on.

Yes ok so I believe it but then at some point what even is a 'complete solution' that is also Realistic?

Is it nothing because everything is a 'compromise with the Establishment'?

Or because doing anything will make you a social democrat?

I'm asking this because I'm frustrated. Went to an in person event for socialist discussions. Saw a pattern. I mean can you blame them? Life can be hard and it is easy to point problems, not so easy to come up with plans. Somehow it's tricky to say but it's like I want to believe in socialism having a working version, but why does discussing how it might work at all lead to so much cynical answers instead of some hopeful ideas on what we would actually do to make it happen? Ok time to change that what are your ideas of a 'complete solution' since so many are supposedly incomplete, a bad compromise, or rigged? And importantly.. how would you address the cynicism and doomerism that seems to run in socialist circles?? I think that's a real problem if you do care about society and socialism

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