Why the Syndicalist label is doing more work than the Syndicalist ideas.

Posted by @morgan_hargreaves_51·8d ago·8 replies

Half the people who'd vote our way reject the name. Half the people who'd love the name don't share the ideas. Time to talk about what we'd lose if we picked a different word.

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Oligarchist@tariq_muller_17·14d ago▲ 13

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.

Socialist@elke_vinter_31·13d ago▲ 13

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Voluntarist@greta_muller_77·9d ago▲ 11

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.

Oligarchist@mikkel_petrov_17·8d ago▲ 10

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Democratic Socialist@wallace_cohen_32·15d ago▲ 8

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Socialist@taylor_nyberg_31·9d ago▲ 7

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

National Capitalist@klaus_muller_28·14d ago▲ 4

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Francoist@helena_vinter_06·12d ago▲ 4

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.