The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is building a club on the MIT campus to fight for genuine socialism. This means the fight for internationalism, for the unification of workers of all countries, for the abolishment of borders and for bringing the world’s political map into harmony with the international character of production. The working class is an international class. The problems workers face all around the world stem from the international capitalist system and must be countered with an international socialist program. We fight for workers’ control of the means of production. Major banks and corporations must be placed under international social control and run democratically by the workers themselves to meet the needs of society, not private profit. We fight against war and the militarization of society. The vast sums expended on militarism by all the capitalist powers must be used to meet pressing social needs, including education, healthcare and all social programs. We fight for the defense and expansion of democratic rights. ... We fight for historical truth and against the falsification of history. The development of a socialist movement today requires that workers and youth understand the essential experiences and lessons of the 20th century, and above all, the real history of the socialist movement — from the Russian Revolution through the Trotskyist opposition to Stalinism and social democracy.The future is socialism, but it must be fought for. There is no time to lose.
Now for the student above. Socialism is not Marxism. Marxism demands what the student writes, that is the means of production be placed in the hands of the proletariat. But not even Stalin was as extreme as the author in abolishing borders and destroying nationalism. I would argue that nationalism was even a tool of Communism is properly applied.
What I find in my opinion and based in my experience is that these students are so poorly educated in the facts that they can make such absurd statements. From BU I can accept it, yet from MIT I find it strange. Then again I have no idea who the author is or represents.
Now for all would be Socialists, I take as an example of what may happen, the New Jersey Transit. This is a Government owned and operated local transit system, which is critical to the survival of the State since it sends millions back and forth every day making salaries which are in turn taxed. No train, no job, no money, no State. But what happens with this Government owned Socialistic entity. Colossal incompetence! It does not work, despite the left wing Goldman folks at the helm. Now look at AMTRAK, another example of gross incompetence, another state owned and managed entity. Keep looking folks and what do you see every time you look? A Socialistic mess. Now consider this at a Cancer hospital. It must be next to a crematorium so as not to back up traffic too much! One does not have to look very far to see Socialism fails and is harmful. Worse yet, Marxism is even more deadly.
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