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[help] Book that explains Socialism and Anarchism in a simpler way (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Any time I try to learn about these topics it always references super old books that are written in a complicated English that's beyond my simplistic knowledge.

I'm Gen Z and didnt know the difference between Democrat and Republican until like 4 years ago because I never cared about politics (and pretty personal reasons), this has obviously changed as of recent. As I went through highschool in one of, if not THE most censored history classes in the country (and from a trump supporter teacher too..) I wasn't given the best background knowledge for these topics.

I would like a book that essentially explains the ideas and some of the historical events in a more understandable way that won't lead me to the Wikipedia page for some random person from Russia in the 1900s confused as hell.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean, the best understanding is still probably going to come from some Russian guy. Also, he isn't random, he is literally the guy responsible for general awareness of the fundamental workings of economics.

I want you to go read Value, Price, and Profit. It's short, like 50 pages long, and written for the masses. This book explains what money is better than any singular resource out there.

Socialism is when the profits go to the people, communism is when profits go to the government, and capitalism is when the profit goes to an individual.

Anarchy means society dictates its rules as an autonomous collective more than anything. It's doesn't mean "no rules" it means "no rulers". Nobody really explains what that means because no society really does it in the modern day. It's all theoretical what it would look like.

Economic policy and social policy aren't necessarily related in that they don't depend on each other. You can be a capitalist anarchist or a socialist Republic or a communist monarchy or whatever, one is money the other is people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sooooome 'economic' arrangements do preclude freedom, call very loudly for autocracy.

You can be an authoritarian capitalist monarchist or an authoritarian communist monarchist, but you cant really be an anarchist without notions of 'productivity' that privilege labor or a great deal of egalitarianism