What kind of Socialist Are You?

What kind of leftist are you? A libertarian-socialist, some kind of marxist, or a liberal who doesn't know what socialism is? Maybe you haven't gotten around to reading any political theory..

but you should, the revolution will need educated workers, maybe this quiz will be a jumping off point to understanding your beliefs. Maybe it's all for fun. Maybe you wont read this at all, either way I have to put at least 300 words here or it wont let me publish this.

Created by: STR

Capitalism is inherently exploitative and must be overthrown.
- Yes, though it can be reformed -- we don't need to resort fo violence.
- Right now, but we can make it more egalitarian without getting rid of personal liberty or private property
- Yes, and a vanguard party of the proletariat must lead the way for the revolution!
- Yes, the workers and peasants must unite to overthrow the capitalists!
- Yes, the workers must overthrow the capitalists, and industrial unions are the vehicle for this revolution!
What was Holodomor?
- A particularly bad famine which western media portrayed falsely as genocide
- A bad famine which was made worse by ineptitudes in soviet bureacracy
- Tantamount to genocide, an intentional attempt to weaken either the Ukranian People or to suppress the peasantry
- An example of the ineptitude of the state in general, and evidence of why it shouldn't be involved in these matters
Is a vanguard party (a smaller party consisting of the most class-conscious workers) and the communist party at the lead necessary for a worker's state
- Yes, in order to defend and lead the revolution
- Sorta, the party should control the state but should be answerable to the masses and interpreting their demands according to a marxist framework.
- No, hierarchy is inherently exploitative and the delegation of power to a vanguard party even made up of workers is a step backwords in any revolution.
- The vanguard party is inherently undemocratic, if we can't win in parliment in competition with other parties then our revolution has no mandate
How should the economy be managed, at least in the initial stages of socialism.
- The state should nationalize and direct all essential and large industries with the goal of eventually taking over or out-competing small scale enterprises.
- We can reform the current system to be friendlier both to the environment and the worker.
- The unions should seize the means of production and be directed by the state
- The unions should seize the means of production and manage them through federations of unions
- Communities should own them collectively and distribute goods and needs according to each person's needs and the ability of the community to produce
Land?
- Collectivize it baby!
- Property rights are human rights
- It shouldn't be owned, merely worked or lived on
What is the vehicle for the revolution
- The Socialist Party in parliment
- We don't need a revolution, the systems broken but it can be fixed
- The Vanguard Party made up of the most class concious workers
- The Industrial Unions
What was one of the main changes to the soviet union during the leadership of Joseph Stalin
- The spread of the worker's state and evolution of socialism
- The reign of a bureacratic clique and deformation of the worker's state
- Incomparable violence and suppression
- [None of the above, wont count towards the tallying]
In the colonial and semi-colonial countries, the proletariat can ally with the national-bourgeoisie temporarily against imperialist forces
- Yes
- No
- violence is not the solution
The world can, essentially be divided into the following cateoories: (pretend it's the 70's)The First World, consisting of the US and USSR who are the primary contributors to imperialism and social-imperialism, respectively.The Second World, consisting of other countries which engage in or benefit from imperialism.The Third World, consisting of colonial, semi-colonial, and semi-feudal states as in South America, Africa, and Asia.
- yes
- no
Bernie Sanders
- Is a liberal, and we don't take kindly to liberals 'round these parts
- Might alleviate much of the suffering of the workers so we should support him
- Is my candidate

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