• cimbazarov@lemmygrad.ml
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    12 days ago

    Not sure if this counts as right wing, but I sympathize with some of Dostoevsky’s philosophy. If we look at how fascism triumphed over socialism, there was an irrational and emotional component to it that drew people in, which in some ways socialism fails to do because it’s rooted in objectiveness. And I believe Dostoevsky touches on this in his works where he has characters that are disillusioned with society but also disillusioned with the revolutionary movement, because it all boils down to objectiveness. I believe he is a reactionary, but also in real life he was part of revolutionary movements so he has real lived experience of what it’s like to try to change society, which I find interesting.

    That being said I do think socialism can have a subjective appeal to the masses, in that it aims to ensure prosperity and liberation for all.