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X @Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo· 2025-11-18 05:49
RT Whatifalthist (@whatifalthist)One of the horrifying things I realized was Socialism was basically voting public’s begging to have serfdom again. This was something that was widely said during the early USSR, which was called “the second serfdom” by Russian peasants. In both there’s no private property, everything is collective and under total ownership by a repressive state. Russia was unusually bad as serfdom went, with High Medieval Western Europe being way better than either.What the Socialist says wh ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-11-17 23:12
Political Ideologies - Socialism is likened to a form of serfdom where the public begs for it, drawing parallels to the early USSR [1] - Socialist systems are criticized for leading to a lack of individual choice, property, and competition, ultimately resulting in a state-enforced work environment similar to slavery [2] - Feudal lords are portrayed as potentially more benevolent than socialist states due to the impersonal nature of the latter [3] Historical Comparisons - Early USSR was referred to as "the second serfdom" by Russian peasants due to the absence of private property and total state ownership [1] - Serfdom in Russia is considered worse than in High Medieval Western Europe [1]