Socialist Progressives

in order to find that sustainable middle ground. Marx's dialectical vision of a transformation of society into some worker's paradise was basically delusional. There has been enough time (and certainly the greatest efforts of the USSR) passed to say that no such communist end state can truly be achieved.

Of course, there are some positive things that revolutionary socialism brought into our awareness, like:
- Respecting and empowering workers
- Rejecting imperialism and colonial dominance of people
- A general sense of equity, that includes economic equality

Where Communism really went wrong was when Lenin adapted it to real life. The world witnessed abject failures, such as:
- State central planning. It may work in a co-op of a few hundred people, or a small village. But not in an enormous country.
- Horrifying slaughter of innocent people, death, famine.
- Massive environmental destruction
- Complete disregard for democracy. Formation of totalitarian societies of the worst kind.

Just my two cents on the matter. Capitalism and Marxism, both taken to their extremes, are undesirable systems.