Yeah its a flaw in a lot of leftist works that needs addressing because it gives off the wrong idea. The truth is there are legitimate theories out there on how to practically and ethically run a socialist government, its just that they are drowned out by the historical tendices to just criticize capitalism.
Some examples would be syndicalism , which simply believes in replacing the private sector with trade unions in a very cut and dry manner, then there is Rosa Luxembourgs "left communism " which advocates a system similar to the soviet union but without a vanguard […]
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