I'm talking a level of control that would make the liberal conception of Stalin blush.

Context? Material conditions? Up to you. Maybe you just finished leading the revolution to victory, maybe you got :vote:d into this position, maybe you just woke up in another timeline, I don't care

  • HarryLime [any]6•2 years ago

    Implement The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, with minor edits to better tailor it to the American condition.

    Constitutions in socialist countries come about through processes of mass consultation with the people, with suggestions from the people incorporated into the final draft. Bluntly importing a nearly hundred year old constitution with minor edits won't work at all.

    Probably collaborate with the native tribes to reclaim regions of their homelands with the option for full independence and national autonomy at their democratic decision. Hopefully they’d be willing to stay in the union as autonomous regional socialist republics.

    The black Americans of America are to be given the democratic choice to either choose to form an autonomous regional socialist Republic in what is commonly known as the “black belt” with the option to democratically vote for full independence and national autonomy, or to continue pushing for full integration into American society.

    The Chicago’s of America are to be given the democratic choice to either choose to form an autonomous regional socialist Republic in the region they commonly reside in with the option to democratically vote for full independence and national autonomy, or to continue pushing for full integration into American society.

    This, absolutely. I should have had this in my response.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]2•2 years ago

      Constitutions in socialist countries come about through processes of mass consultation with the people, with suggestions from the people incorporated into the final draft. Bluntly importing a nearly hundred year old constitution with minor edits won’t work at all.

      That 85 year old document is infinitely better than any constitution the West has produced. Using it as the foundation to a modern American constitution would progress the rights and material conditions of the workers to a degree not seen since the emancipation proclamation

      Just because something is old does not mean it is antiquated.

      • HarryLime [any]2•2 years ago

        Nothing you said negates my point. Regardless of how great the Soviet constitution was, the process of forming a new socialist American constitution can't simply be copying it with minor alterations. It can be presented to the American peoples as a potential model, but it's up to them to accept or reject it, and to form a constitution based on a democratic process of mass consultation.

          • HarryLime [any]4•2 years ago

            I'm sorry if I came off as attacking you. I don't mean to upset you.

            • Alaskaball [comrade/them]4•2 years ago

              Sorry for snapping, the forced overtime I've been on has been getting me really frayed lately.