acabforcutie [comrade/them]

iirc they put workplace democracy on their platform a few years back. regardless, i’m disillusioned with electoral politics so i’m just going to vote for claudia de la cruz. i’d rather vote for the person who aligns with my politics mote than bother trying to vote “strategically,” especially when neither of them have a realistic path to victory.

mashallah

sounds like corvée, which as been around as far back as the ancient mesopotamian civilizations. it worked well in societies with large peasant populations because they were often unable to contribute to the state by other means. as capitalism developed, peasants working on a small plot of land became workers earning a wage and the corvée was replaced with other forms of taxation because specialized labor is ultimately a much more efficient way of building and maintaining public works.