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The Party for Socialism and Liberation, of which Lane is a member, are self-described Marxists that support the taking of privatized wealth and institutions to end capitalism and believe that this can only be done by revolution.
https://pslweb.org/program/
The Party for Socialism and Liberation, of which Lane is a member, are self-described Marxists that seek to–literally–save the world from capitalism. The accumulation of wealth and power by a vanishingly small number of people who are completely unaccountable to the vast majority is not only an existential crisis but is also contrary to the values of any fair and democratic society. Capitalism has proved that it is incapable of reform, of saving the planet, or of recognizing the fundamental rights of all people.
The reason socialism is “trending” is simple: self-preservation. We want our children and grandchildren to inherit a livable world in which they are not serfs. Capitalism accomplished remarkable progress (with great sacrifice by the majority), but it has created material conditions where it is no longer beneficial or necessary. We all deserve–and can have–much better.
Great, just what we need. Another leftwing activist to promote
identity politics or excellence.
Well, this should be fruitful.
This guy sounds like a swell human being…. why can’t organizations just focus on doing the task at hand without getting politics and other social issues involved in all of their decision making?
IPS Commissioner Nicole Carey sounds more concerning than Lane. Her statements make Lane’s sound open minded and civil, of course discounting his previous protests at the PL meetings. He will learn how difficult being responsible is on the Board, once the dust settles.
Handing things over to ‘activists’ and a racial spoils system ensures endless strife and mediocrity. We’ll have a lot more dysfunction in City government in the years to come, a lot of people with the means to move will leave, the same crowd that took us down this road will say it’s because of bigotry, and will insist we just need to double down on “the work” that ruins everything it touches.
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You nailed it. These race obsessed activists will ruin our city.
To Mike C –
You state that capitalism has created a group of people that are completely unaccountable to the majority and is contrary to a democratic society. As you stated the PSL are Marxists, which are different than Socialist. Marxism envisions a classless society without private party and justifies the forcible seizure of the property and the state. I don’t consider that system democratic and it will ultimately result in leaders who are far less accountable than what we have now. Socialism is one thing but Marxism is extreme. Marxists countries include China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam.
Correct about classless society. Correct about revolution.
Incorrect about democracy. Maybe you should read their program: https://pslweb.org/program/
China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam are different countries with different material conditions.
Socialism is merely Marxism with the veneer of moderation to earn the approval of enough upper-middle-class useful idiots who won’t feel it in their pocketbook, and thus support it, while it guts the working and lower-middle class who they think they are championing. This approach (essentially Fabianism) takes much longer to implode through factioning and (all too often) eugenics, but it can be relied upon to do so. As witnessed with fundamentally capitalistic countries that attempt to mitigate the “barbarism” and “unfairness” with heavy doses of “democratic socialism” (Marxism with the illusion of getting something voted upon)
Marxist sympathizers like Mike C will always cover for the famines, gulags, and genocides committed under Marxist politics by deflecting (“look at how cruel capitalism is!”) and pointing to an end-state of serfdom, while failing to recognize that neo-serfdom under oligarchy is exactly what happened in Soviet Russia, Cuba, many Latin American counties, Cambodia and Vietnam…and slow-drip serfdom is the goal under Trudeau’s Canada or the ghettoized multiethnic chaos in Sweden under soc-dem leadership for god-knows-how-many decades. Meanwhile, the cruelties of capitalism have an almost unblemished track record of making economies grow and making everyone wealthier, albeit quite unequally. The best way to ensure a “livable world in which [our grandchildren] are not serfs” is not to grow the government for which there is no countervailing power–it’s ludicrous to suggest that this would do anything but ensure even more intense serfdom, since serfdom is based on subjugation under an all-powerful government.
But since equality is only the delusion of people who think that belonging to the same species makes us fundamentally the same (despite obvious differences in strength, smarts, dexterity, charisma, or any other traits simplistic enough to be reduced to Dungeons and Dragons attributes). And the top-down efforts to ram-rod equality are far crueler and more damaging to individual will than even the worst corporate monopolies.
If you have an overdue library book, Lane will have you shot or sent to the gulag.
Socialism, Communism’s stepsister, has worked so well elsewhere. Will the Library board be looking to Venezuela & Nicaragua for policy guidance? Or will they embrace this new board member’s Marxist inclinations (self described) and follow China and Cuba’s lead? Perhaps new statues of Marx and Lenin for the library entrance?
I like it!
Indy is dying due to people like this.
The IPL deserves everything that will happen to it for electing a Marxist to its board. Actions have consequences and there is no positive consequence that comes from this. You made your bed, people, time to lie in it.
the IPL didn’t elect him—-our Indianapolis Public School system board appointed him
Keep in mind, too, that it was the Indianapolis Public School Board of Commissioners that appointed Lane to the Library Board. So, the Marxist perspective also permeates those making decisions about the direction of our public schools. As Michael S. said, “Actions have consequences…”.
Remember this when IPS requests an increase to your property taxes this May on a ballot initiative to fund an increase in operating and capital expenses.
Absolutely. Duly noted. It is comforting that enrollment at IPS continues to dwindle year after year. Not fast enough (and the township schools are increasingly just as infected with this mindvirus), but further reason to let public schools starve themselves so, hopefully, someday, they can regenerate like a phoenix from the ashes.
I’m not sure the library board or the CEO are going to change the world.