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[Ahab Strange]

Hello all,

Long time lurker on here, have decided to join up to try and further my understanding of all things revleft by actually talking about it sounding it out with people.

Ive skittered about in my position, but I would consider myself Libertarian socialist and generally anarchist politically/morally.

Im especially interested in the economics of post capitalism. I know there's reluctance in some circles about "designs and blueprints" for a socialist world, but IMO if we cannot propose a clear and rational alternative to how the world could work better, with the tools we have today, we will have a hard time convincing people to move beyond the "herr duurr, communism killed millions/is inefficient/against human nature derp derp" attitude.

Like i say im still learning, so set me straight if I come across a bit confused :P. Looking forward to getting involved!

[Q]

Welcome :)

If you have political questions, you can ask them in the Learning forum. That's why it's there after all!

If you have questions about your account, don't hesitate to send me a PM or ask here.

I agree that we need to be clear in what we propose. A blanket " burn capitalism!" will not suffice anymore and really never sufficed. What we need is a vision, of a human world, free of the shackles of slavery. That kind of vision could inspire hundreds of millions to the communist cause.

Where are you from and what' s the left there like? Also, what attracts you to anarchist ideas?

[Ahab Strange]

Im in South East UK, where alas the revolutionary left at least it rather tepid.

I think anarchism is just what ive been exposed to mostly. I relate to the ideas of workers self management and minimizing coercive authority, and I feel that revolution has to come from the grassroots, so in that sense I guess I reject vanguardism.

However ive always been frustrated about anarchisms vagueness about how to arrange a post capitalist economy. Ive been reading alot about planned economies (Paul Cockshotts Toward a New Socialism to name a big one) and its made me rethink my ideas about what we can propose as an alternative to capitalism