American Left has no leg to stand on.

Quick break down.

The unfortunate irony of American left is one simple fact that they don't understand their own society, it's purely slogans. Let me explain.

Socialism/Communism was possible in poor agrarian nations because of enormous human cost, it did elevate a lot of people from poverty, it made industrialization possible. And you got some perks otherwise not available to peasants and lower class people. You got education, healthcare, job and benefits, etc. Pretty good compared to farming and praying for rain.

Ex: Russia -> Soviet Union, China -> CCP, Cuba, Korea, etc.

Now. In Capitalist societies (US, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, etc.)

Socialism or communism won't work because it's simply a downgrade. You can't expect a "roaring 20's" nation, and the nation of American Dream in the 60s, etc. To simply expect subpar healthcare and section 8 free housing.

That's a hard sell. You're not giving peasants an opportunity, you're taking away freedom from small businesses, private owners, individuals, etc.

In other words, in this country, there are more "kulaks" than a "peasant proletariat".

Marx, so far, is wrong. He claimed that revolution would happen in Germany or industrialized capitalist society. He was wrong, it happened in peasant Russia. And right now I don't see any capitalist industrialized societies ready to transition to socialism

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