polskilumalo , 9 months ago What reading no theory does to a mf Socialism is not welfare, go and read some Engels. Socialism Utopian and Scientific and The Principles of Communism would be a nice start. Also, a nice primer for why Social Democracy can even exist as it is built on the exploitation of the Global South: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLmYCfKU7o So yes, capitalism and socialism are contraposed to each other as the prime contradictions in capitalism cannot be fixed with a little welfare and called “socialism” when it’s not that.
What reading no theory does to a mf
Socialism is not welfare, go and read some Engels. Socialism Utopian and Scientific and The Principles of Communism would be a nice start.
Also, a nice primer for why Social Democracy can even exist as it is built on the exploitation of the Global South:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLmYCfKU7o
So yes, capitalism and socialism are contraposed to each other as the prime contradictions in capitalism cannot be fixed with a little welfare and called “socialism” when it’s not that.