Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 21 hours agoDemocrats: Stop dividing the leftlemmy.mlimagemessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1549
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minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoleftism is defined by opposition to the status quo. the french monarchy was capitalist as well as the status quo at the time; we still have monarchies and capitalism is unquestionably the status quo.
minus-squareɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·33 minutes ago leftism is defined by opposition to the status quo You’ve just introduced a whole other definition of leftism. Also it seems to mean that no leftist society could exist in practice. the french monarchy was capitalist From what I can figure out, it was still in principle feudal but moving towards capitalism due to the growth of the bourgeois class. Is that correct?
leftism is defined by opposition to the status quo. the french monarchy was capitalist as well as the status quo at the time; we still have monarchies and capitalism is unquestionably the status quo.
You’ve just introduced a whole other definition of leftism. Also it seems to mean that no leftist society could exist in practice.
From what I can figure out, it was still in principle feudal but moving towards capitalism due to the growth of the bourgeois class. Is that correct?