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But most smart critics will skip past arguments about human nature and simply point out that socialism relies on Central Planning.

Fair enough, but you know me well enough to know I find that shit fun

Good point by Bruenig mattbruenig.com/2026/07/29/y...

I discuss Marx on the Sapiens Mindshift podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN5a...

Thanks @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com

This piece by @mattpolprof.bsky.social is great on substance. Socialism doesn't *have* to be naive on human nature. But I do think this is a weakness of many socialists. There is a kind of fantasy of a post-revolutionary world that goes beyond "a better world is possible."

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I agree and have discussed that elsewhere, but that would take up way too much space in what is already a long and slightly meandering magazine article.

Thanks Serdar

Socialists Aren’t Naive About Human Nature By Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/07/soci...

"Ya va siendo hora de que los liberales reconozcan la perspectiva socialista de que la inclinación humana hacia la injusticia hace a la democracia económica tan necesaria como la democracia política."

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This was great, thank you- but I skimmed over some! (Sorry) Mainly because I’m pretty familiar with these guys arguments. I think it’s important to lay them out. But honestly I don’t think they are actually arguing. I think it’s all a smokescreen (probably unconscious). 1/

My essay for @jacobinmag.bsky.social arguing socialists are realistic about human nature

Critics of socialism frequently charge that it rests on an overly optimistic view of human nature. The truth is that socialists want a system that guards against tendencies to greed and domination.

'[We are told men] are not good enough for Communism, but are they good enough for Capitalism? If all men were good-hearted, kind, & just, they would never exploit one another...If men were provident...they would not build palaces as long as there are slums' (Peter Kropotkin, in "Freedom", 1888).

My essay for @jacobinmag.bsky.social emphasizing how realism about the flaws of human nature supports arguments for socialism jacobin.com/2026/07/soci...

Kind of surreal to imagine our new world where China is markedly more popular globally than the United States www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54i...

Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction In Terms? (Out of the Jaws #7, with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider) www.liberalcurrents.com/is-liberal-s...

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