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The Difference Between Socialism and Communism In a lighthearted and engaging manner, the speaker discusses the comparison between socialism and communism. Using the analogy of cows, they explain that socialism involves the government taking everyone’s cows and distributing milk based on their perceived need. They acknowledge that this representation is not ideal but proceed to differentiate between socialism and communism, highlighting the influence of Marxism. Transcript: Speaker 1 That. I mean, it’s pretty clear here. If you remember your cow political ideology that socialism is where you have two cows, the government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows, then gives you as much Milk as it thinks you need. I mean, okay. Even this cow poster looking back is very propaganda-ish. It is. Um, that one’s not, you know, not the best representation of socialism. However, it does. I mean, well, let’s, let’s talk about it. All right. I mean, I’m not going to be between socialism and communism, right? And here what I want you to do is stop me anytime you’re like, no, what the hell does that mean? Okay. I turn on, I brought up my video again because listeners don’t know this, but you are a very animated speaker. So I had to see that hand motion. Yep. It really helps. I, yeah, that’s, that’s me. Um, all right. So I’m not going to get into too much of the meat of this, like in detail, because it would we would have a two hour long episode. But the difference between socialism and communism boils down to you got to get to Marxism. All right. So Karl Marx,
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The History of Marriage In this text, the author discusses how society has evolved through different stages, starting from primitive societies where everyone was equal because they needed to work together for survival. They mention a book about the history of marriage that highlights the equality between men and women in Neolithic and Paleolithic societies. The author also mentions Marx’s insight that the structure of society is determined by its means of production. Transcript: Speaker 1 Changing state, always developing through what he called the, the class struggle. Um, and so history went through different phases. Uh, and it kind of, you know, it’s different for different societies, but you start with like the primitive phase where we’re all just like hunter gatherers, you know, we’re just hanging Out. No agriculture. Yeah. Uh, you know, it’s dangerous, rough and tumble and everything, but basically people are, uh, equal. Yeah. No, I, I’m actually reading this book about the history of marriage. Uh, it’s very good. It’s called marriage of history. And they talk about how in like Neolithic societies and like paleolithic societies, I got this mixed up, um, that women and men were a lot more equal because it’s like, we literally need Everybody to hunt down this mammoth. So like, ain’t nobody can go sit down. Like, yes, that’s, and that gets to the heart of it. You know, why were, why was it so equal? It’s because they all had to work to produce enough food for everyone to survive. Yeah. It was so dire. There was no other option. Right. So the key insight of Marx is that the structure of society is based on its what we call means of production, the way that it’s
Time 0:15:42
The Transition to Feudalism • Protection money was collected in the past to ensure protection from external threats. • Feudalism emerged as a system where cities built their own walls and castles for protection. • Vassals offered protection to serfs in exchange for labor and loyalty. • Bourgeoisie refers to the capitalist class in Marx’s terminology. Transcript: Speaker 1 Protection money, you know, taxes from various places to ensure that they would protect you from the, you know, barbarians or whatever. Yeah, because I was just jumping ahead. I’m like, well, why, why do we need people in charge? Like, why, why could you just use the extra surplus to like get your shit done? You don’t, but they need, you know, they needed it at the time. The people in charge are saying that you need them. So, oh yeah. Okay. Feudalism. So yeah, you transition to feudalism, which is essentially like, you don’t have the big guy at the top anymore. So all the cities are like building up their walls and their castles and protecting themselves. Which you still have the same dynamic, like the vassals and the serfs, you know, the vassals are like, hey, stick with me and I’ll protect you, produce on the land that I have and I’ll keep You alive and look out for you. Yeah. Yeah. I just re-watch down to Navi. So I get you. There you go. Yeah. Downstairs basically. I’m ready. And then eventually you have the bourgeois revolutions. Okay. So, bourgeoisie or bourgeois is like the adjective of it maybe. But the bourgeoisie is just his term, Marx’s term for the, you know, the capitalists. Okay. I thought it was
Time 0:25:32
The Importance of Socialism Talking about salaries is important to ensure fair pay, especially for marginalized individuals. Let’s take power from the bourgeoisie and create a socialist system where workers are in control. Transcript: Speaker 1 Hey, I’m not getting paid enough for you getting paid enough kind of thing. Right. Which, Oh, also pro tip. I also do this. Talk about your salaries, people. I hate that there’s a culture of not talking about your salaries. It is a way to get us to be paid less. It’s intentional. Especially do this if you are a woman or, you know, non binary person or queer person, because like they will screw you over. Like, I, I make it a point to tell all my friends, like whenever they look for jobs, I’m like, what are they, what are they offering? Because I want to make sure that it’s fair. Yeah. So talk about your fucking money, please. And as the workers are talking about their money and figuring out and coming to the large conclusion that, Hey, doesn’t matter how much they pay us there. You know, why are they paying us that? Because they’re making more, you know, we should. Why should they get to skim off of off of the top from us? We should make that. Let’s take power. Let’s take it from them. Let’s let’s be the bosses ourselves. And when they figure that out, when they, that cataclysm comes, the revolution comes and they destroy the power of the bourgeoisie and take power for themselves. That’s socialism. Okay. It’s socialism is where you have kind of, you know, our system, but instead the workers are in charge.
Time 0:31:12
The Utopian State of Communism In a utopian state, replicator technology would eliminate all problems, rendering a state administrator unnecessary. This concept aligns with Marx’s idea of communism, where people can pursue their hobbies and work only if they choose to. It would be a classless society where individuals are free to fulfill their needs rather than being tied to specific careers. Transcript: Speaker 1 A replicator technology basically, or, you know, at least so much that you don’t have to worry about that, the state would wither away. Okay. You wouldn’t have the need to have a state administrator and anything. What are they doing? They’re not solving any problems. There aren’t any more problems. If this sounds strange, it is a utopia. Okay. Okay. Yeah. It is, it’s, it’s what Marx decided that, you know, kind of looking at things like, hey, this, I mean, this kind of seems like it would logically progress that way. I guess assuming all things kind of work out, but yeah, communism would be this utopian state, completely classless where people could work just if they want to work on something, you Know, basically you just be hanging out doing your hobbies or, you know, or whatever. All right. So like an artist utopia. Yeah. Like you don’t have to commit to anyone career. You don’t have to, you know, do any particular thing. You know, damn, I got to get up and go to work. Like just don’t like whatever. This is crazy. The phrase changes to from each according to his ability to each according to his need. That’s the more famous phrase
Time 0:34:30
The Importance of Socialism Communists are further left on the political spectrum. Socialism means workers are in charge and people are cared for. But what about people with disabilities and chronic illnesses who can’t work? That would be up to the people. It’s all about applying democracy to everything. Transcript: Speaker 1 A revolution or let’s have smaller forms. Let’s do this slowly. Let’s do this quickly. Oh, yeah. And then like, should there be a state in charge? Should it just be workers councils like all this stuff? So it’s really widespread in terms of the differences there. But that’s kind of the basic setup is communists would be, if you’re looking at the basic political spectrum, communists would be further left. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So I want to try to summarize. Yeah. Because I’m a good student and I want to get me. I always have to get me. So socialism would be workers are in charge and people are, people are cared for basically, right? Is everyone cared for? Everyone’s. Well, yeah, everyone’s cared for. Okay. Because a lot of this talk is like, you do work and you get compensated and stuff like that. I kind of start thinking about like, well, about people like with disabilities and chronic illness and like, people just can’t work. Like, what do you, what do you do with that? So technically it would be up to the people. Okay. This is basically an application of democracy to everything and true
Time 0:39:04
The Importance of Eco-Communism People who are against the idea may be labeled as skeptics, but it’s important to consider their point of view. While the idea may seem impossible at first, it’s worth exploring the potential for a food regulator. Addressing environmental concerns is crucial in this discussion. Critics who claim that Marx never considered human nature are mistaken. Marx was a philosopher who thoroughly considered human nature and his ideas are grounded in self-interest. The goal is to improve our own situation rather than fighting for others. That’s what makes it appealing. Transcript: Speaker 1 It’s why are people against that? Are they stupid? Well, I know they, they are skeptics. Yeah. Okay. I mean, that’s fair. I mean, yeah, my first thought is like that, that seems impossible, but I’m also like, I don’t know. I feel like we could figure out a food repulator. I mean, I mean, if every, everyone stopped what they’re doing and worked on that, maybe. I also, I think my first thought would also be, you know, environmentally, how would that work, which we could do a whole lot on like eco-communism? Very, yeah, that’s, that would be very important. Adding it to the notes. I think that, you know, skeptics are, are point to say, you know, which a very foolish criticism of them is saying like, oh, you know, Marx never considered human nature. Marx was a fucking philosopher. He definitely considered human nature. Yeah. That was like his jazz. It’s like where he came from on all this, you know, it’s, it’s come on. That’s why it’s grounded in self-interest. Like the whole, the whole mechanism here is not people saying, oh, I’m going to go fight for other people. It’s, hey, we’re getting screwed over. Let’s make this better for ourselves, you know? Yeah, that’s what I like about it. It’s like, I mean, I,
Time 0:42:28
The Origins of Communism In this episode, we discuss the differences between socialism and communism, highlighting their various variations. We also explore the misconception that a communist government means constant state involvement, when in reality, communism aims for the state to eventually fall away. Join us for more insightful episodes in the future! Transcript: Speaker 1 Yeah. Yeah. Okay. That kind of makes sense. I wish to do. Gosh, this whole episode is just like, we should do an episode about this. Hey, man, we’re going to have, we’re going to have several of those probably coming forward because we’re in that stage. This episode is an ad for other episodes. Yeah. Come back. A promo trailer. Yeah. I guess that’s the big difference there in socialism and communism. I guess we kind of covered it. And the difference in socialists and communists can be a lot just in terms of their different variations. Yeah. I think that helps though. What really helped me was that distinction between like communist governments and communism, the idea because, you know, I’m not, I’m not trying to toot my own horn, but I think it was A good connection to make that like, hey, like, no one actually has a question. Has a communist government because we don’t have food replicators and like endless resources. Yeah. And it’s an oxymoron itself. The state is supposed to fall away. There’s not supposed to be a meeting. Yeah, that was very surprising to me. I thought communism was like all state all the time. No, see, that’s the American conception of it. When the government does more things, that’s more communism,
Time 0:43:21
The Origins of Communism Communism is often misunderstood by Americans. While the American conception of communism is that the government does more things, true communism is actually the absence of a state. The confusion arises because communist parties in control often implement state intervention as a means to reach a communist society. This approach is influenced by theories such as Marxist Leninism, which believes in the need for a vanguard party to guide the transition to communism. Transcript: Speaker 1 Because we don’t have food replicators and like endless resources. Yeah. And it’s an oxymoron itself. The state is supposed to fall away. There’s not supposed to be a meeting. Yeah, that was very surprising to me. I thought communism was like all state all the time. No, see, that’s the American conception of it. When the government does more things, that’s more communism, you know, but that’s not. That’s so weird. Why? Yeah. Wait, why? I think, you know, part of it might be honest confusion in terms of the communist parties, right? They are in control in a kind of totalitarian state. Okay. So their method to getting to communism was like, yeah, let’s do a ton of state shit. Yeah. And where it’s been practiced has generally been either a Marxist Leninist or a Maoist way to do it. We don’t have to get into what that is basically, but Marx’s Leninism is kind of important in that it’s theory was the theory of a vanguard party. Lenin basically said, there’s no way all these people in Russia are going to figure out communism and time, figure out, you know, how to combine together in their class interests without Somebody provoking
Time 0:51:21
The Importance of Class Consciousness A regular guy talks about not caring about what CEOs do during quarantine. He emphasizes the importance of raising workers’ class consciousness and defines it as knowing one’s position in society, debunking the myth of equal opportunity in America. Transcript: Speaker 1 And I’m just a regular guy talking to my employees. And it’s just, and like, there’s so many things like people are asking like, what, what are you doing during quarantine? And like asking these questions to like CEOs and stuff and it’s just like, I don’t care. Like they’re, I’m not friends with this person. Yeah, it’s PR. That’s, that’s, that’s old down home. Me, you know, you can, yeah. All shucks, you know, all shucks. I don’t know all of you. But yeah, when we’re talking about organizing, just to kind of get us. Oh, yeah. And we’re talking about organizing. We’re talking about anything that you can do to raise class consciousness, broadly speaking. So just bringing workers, like we said, anybody who’s responding to bosses and stuff, bringing them into greater awareness of their position of their, you know, situation, okay, Applying it to them. I was going to ask if we could have a more specific definition of class consciousness. Cause that’s another term. Sure. It gets thrown around a lot. Class consciousness is just knowing where you are in this situation, knowing that, uh, cause America is great about this, right? We are, you know, we don’t have classes in America. You know, everyone has a chance boots, straps, all that, right? You can make anything of