I don't think they say "No intellectual would be a socialist", instead they say intellectuals are bad and evil. It's a classic pattern among dictator cults of personality.

[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dictators love the poorly educated.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (8 children)

socialism might be nice but just getting rid of billionaires is a great start.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 30 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Can't do that without taking supremacy of Capital. There is no path to keep billionaires from existing within Capitalism.

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[–] Dop@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can recommend this piece from Hobo Johnson ("why socialism by Albert Einstein")

https://open.spotify.com/track/4LJ04AiwnuXqzufGnejnkx?si=ZtN5yWqDTE-5twhw9n2DmA

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 5 days ago

And while you're there just check out the rest of his work, man's amazing.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And the name of that Albert Einstein...?

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