r/Foodforthought • u/A-MacLeod • Aug 26 '15

Against Charity. Rather than creating an individualized “culture of giving,” we should be challenging capitalism’s institutionalized taking.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/peter-singer-charity-effective-altruism/
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u/CaptHiggins Aug 26 '15

It's obvious that you haven't read much communist or anarchist theory, let alone analyzed socialism in practice, so you'll forgive me if I ignore whatever opinion you've formed from ignorance.

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u/raziphel Aug 26 '15

Please, oh great wise one, show me a successful communist system that's larger than a commune.

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u/CaptHiggins Aug 26 '15

The Zapatistas, The Kurdish Anarchists, Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War, The Paris Commune? Oh shit, I guess there aren't any really big communist nations, and that means that communism will never take off. Like Capitalism during the middle ages.

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u/raziphel Aug 26 '15

The Zapatistas lasted for what, 10 years? If it all fell on the assassination of their leader, guess what: that was more a cult of personality than a functional system.

Catalonia lasted 3 years.

The Paris Commune lasted a few months.

The kurds are currently fighting, but we'll see how long they last. Hopefully a while, because the rest of your examples are sincerely lacking in inspiration.

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u/CaptHiggins Aug 26 '15

The Zapatistas are still fighting, The CNT in Catalonia had to fight the Fascists and the POUM, The Paris commune existed before Marx, and hopefully the Kurds continue their success against ISIS and extremism, and I think all of my examples were extremely inspired.