Comments on: The mechanics of socialism http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:30:45 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: On perversion « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-7185 On perversion « The Tar Pit Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:35:14 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-7185 [...] Socialism: a perverse interest in other people's problems. [...] [...] Socialism: a perverse interest in other people's problems. [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-4496 spyked Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:19:42 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-4496 Right. Socialism requires at least two individuals, one of whom is more interested in the other's goat than the latter would care to approve of. Libertarian socialism is a transitory state, just like early Marxism and the more recent "liberalism": just as soon as them "libertarians" manage to grab the reins of power, the situation is to devolve into the same old story with a different set of actors. Right. Socialism requires at least two individuals, one of whom is more interested in the other's goat than the latter would care to approve of.

Libertarian socialism is a transitory state, just like early Marxism and the more recent "liberalism": just as soon as them "libertarians" manage to grab the reins of power, the situation is to devolve into the same old story with a different set of actors.

]]> By: Else http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-4494 Else Tue, 05 Sep 2023 03:37:22 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-4494 Socialism doesn't necessary require the state or any other monopolistic social entity. See libertarian socialism for example. Socialism doesn't necessary require the state or any other monopolistic social entity. See libertarian socialism for example.

]]> By: We « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-39 We « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:24:37 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-39 [...] (and thus inherently subjective) narration of its main character, D-503, a so-called Number of the machine called the United State and a cog in said machine, writing his, or rather its journal to be spread [...] [...] (and thus inherently subjective) narration of its main character, D-503, a so-called Number of the machine called the United State and a cog in said machine, writing his, or rather its journal to be spread [...]

]]> By: Conservatism meets liberalism « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-25 Conservatism meets liberalism « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:00:20 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-25 [...] Socialism for example has shifted from solving hard social issues to a state-driven mechanism for interference in individuals' private lives. This doctrine works under the faulty basic assumption that adults are not capable of making their own decisions; or maybe the situation has become so dire that people are not capable of making individual decisions anymore, so everyone sees the state as a parent who caters to their prolonged infancy. This massive emotional retardation is what has ultimately given birth to Western issues or non-issues such as "microaggressions", "trigger warnings", "social justice" and other such absurd phenomena. In fact the only pressing issue is that today's 30-year-old (and growing) children are soon going to be given the reins of power and they'll have absolutely no idea what to do with them, bringing all of civilization into the new age of religiousness1. [...] [...] Socialism for example has shifted from solving hard social issues to a state-driven mechanism for interference in individuals' private lives. This doctrine works under the faulty basic assumption that adults are not capable of making their own decisions; or maybe the situation has become so dire that people are not capable of making individual decisions anymore, so everyone sees the state as a parent who caters to their prolonged infancy. This massive emotional retardation is what has ultimately given birth to Western issues or non-issues such as "microaggressions", "trigger warnings", "social justice" and other such absurd phenomena. In fact the only pressing issue is that today's 30-year-old (and growing) children are soon going to be given the reins of power and they'll have absolutely no idea what to do with them, bringing all of civilization into the new age of religiousness1. [...]

]]> By: Building business, or why (some) Gypsies are smarter than (most) Romanians « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-13 Building business, or why (some) Gypsies are smarter than (most) Romanians « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:43:40 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-13 [...] Also read The mechanics of socialism. ↩ [...] [...] Also read The mechanics of socialism. ↩ [...]

]]> By: Bitcoin as infrastructure [i] « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-8 Bitcoin as infrastructure [i] « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:08:59 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/the-mechanics-of-socialism#comment-8 [...] a previous post I (only) mentioned how we humans don't seem to fully grasp the underlying mechanisms behind social [...] [...] a previous post I (only) mentioned how we humans don't seem to fully grasp the underlying mechanisms behind social [...]

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