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Er... I have to admit I'm not up to date on politics in Wales. To what is that referring?
I think they're suggesting that it's better to enact left-leaning legislation to curb unfettered capitalism, than it is to cheer on the free market and let pressure on the working class escalate to where we get a communist revolution, which in turn often results in a violent dictatorship. Probably.
Often? Try always. Revolutions are, by definition, change in leadership brought about by force of arms. Since violence was necessary to establish the regime, violence will be necessary to maintain it.
Beyond that, Marxism is predicated on the division of the people into the "proletariat" and "bourgeoisie", with one of the key aims of any Marxist regime being the oppression of the bourgeoisie (as well as any member of the proletariat determined to be a "class-traitor".) Violent, oppressive dictatorships aren't just an unfortunate side-effect of socialist revolutions, they're the only possible outcome.
Never engage with finitebanjo unless you enjoy talking to the human equivalent of a cork board with a bunch of red yarn connecting various unrelated pictures.
Oh
This is a reference to communist revolutions in Cuba, China, and the Soviet Union, and to a lesser extent Venezuela.
Dictators took power in violent revolutions and they did succeed in redistributing wealth but at the cost of thousands to millions of lives, most of whom were civilians.
I mean I can see that, I just don't know what it has to do with this article. Nothing there or in this thread suggests to me that violent autocracies were ever under serious consideration as a contender for "solution to housing crisis in Wales". It looked like the original comment was replying to some kind of previous conversation that I was unaware of.
I'm making a joke about self-proclaimed communists executing landlords.
Were there some politically motivated murders in Wales?
No, China, 1950
It's relevant because this site is crawling with tankies and people who unironically support landlord execution.
There's no actual person doing that in that article or in this thread though, is there?
You dudes don't like my comment was popular so now you're sealioning me, does that count?
I'm just one person trying to engage with you over something that I initially found intriguing. Though it is a little bit less intriguing if it indeed didn't reference anything real. I don't know what else to tell you.