Socialism will never work because it’s founded on emancipation, and you can’t force people to emancipate themselves. That would be the opposite of emancipation.
I’m not sure if this is a quote, I can’t remember where I heard it.
“Emancipation” in this case meaning emancipation from wage slavery.
I agree.
Lenin was probably the worst thing that has happened to socialism. I wonder if he managed to taint it for good?
On the other hand, he wasn’t special in that regard. People with unchecked power are almost always monsters, because people in general are awful.
I don’t really agree that people in general are awful, but we do all have our awful sides.
And indeed, people who really know how to get to the top and stay there tend to almost always have skills and a mindset that steer them towards dictatorship.
Yes, wasn’t it studied that psychopathy is the #1 trait to get to the top in a capitalist setting?
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/the-science-behind-why-so-many-successful-millionaires-are-psychopaths-and-why-it-doesnt-have-to-be-a-bad-thing.html