(July 31, 2024 at 2:55 pm)Disagreeable Wrote: Has a truly socialist society ever been tried? I'm not educated on this topic.
There is lot to unpack here as the first issue is difference between socialism and communism. Even Marx used these terms interchangeably. If we too will use these terms interchangeably we have to contend with the fact that under communism/socialism state is supposed to wither away and this certainly had not been tried before. Also per Leon Trotsky The average human type will rise to the heights of an Aristotle, a Goethe, or a Marx. And above this ridge new peaks will rise. This definitely had not been tried.
Looking on these promises makes it clear that communist society is something akin to heavenly society and answer to how it would look like will depend on particular preacher inclinations. If you're interested in subject I would recommend Marxism and the Leap to the Kingdom of Freedom by Andrzej Walicki and House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution by Yuri Slezkine.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Socrates.
Mikhail Bakunin.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Socrates.