How #Socialism in the 21st Century Could Work

via @wallabag

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/market-socialism-capitalism-ownership-exploitation

@wjmaggos @wallabag
Slavery. Only by bringing back slavery can socialism work.

@Zeb

for many people, capitalism just means we get to choose among a few slave masters. we can't get ahead and then something expensive like a natural disaster or health care emergency shows up. we can't afford to buy a house and landlords can be shitty. education is expensive. inflation.

I'm not for communism but I am for a lot more socialism mixed in with my capitalism.

@wjmaggos
Me too! I would love to live in a socialist country were I can have a few slaves.

I would have a bodyguard driver that has good build and a state-issued car, a cook who has good teeth and hygiene, plus at least 3 different sex slave concubines, that I would keep separate so they don't get their periods at the same time of the month.

What's the state policy on flogging your slaves? I would like to punish them when I'm in a bad mood. Man...slavery is awesome.

@Zeb

do you consider having any government to be a form a slavery?

@wjmaggos
No. Just a socialist/communist government, which requires slavery to function.

@Zeb

I don't understand where you're drawing the line then. what makes it slavery? Is an ambulance ok but not universal health care? Roads but not subsidized public transportation? Public schools for lower grades but not college? Housing assistance for veterans but not cops and firefighters?

@wjmaggos
It's not about the services. It's about who does them.
You can have ambulances and universal health cares and all that. The question is always: who will do them? Supply X demand.

Universal heath care you need to force people to become doctors (since they are paid the same as a barista) and enslave them later so they don't escape - like Cuba does.

Why would anyone build roads or drive the entire day instead of streaming games?

Who would build the houses for house assistance?