Debunking The Finnish Bolshevik: Truth About Socialism

In this video debunking the Finnish Bolshevik I cover the truth about socialism covering important points for not only the deeply flawed mindset of socialists attempting to place theory above practice, but also for why socialism inevitably ends in terror and why it cannot avoid economic central planning for a large scale economy.Show more

As you will hear when you listen to the Finnish Bolshevik (and other socialists,) they speak purely from a theoretical perspective and of their aspirations, for what they intend and not for how things turn out in practice.

One only needs to look at the mindset of socialist sympathisers of socialism who visited the Soviet Union during its 'honeymoon period,' protecting their ideology was of greater importance than those lives lost. More than 70,000 people put into labour camps, thousands tortured to death, but as Kristian Niemietz in his book titled 'Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies' points out, the sympathisers merely pretended there were no famines or painted the labour camps were happy glorious places.

The point I make in this video is to make it clear that with the economic calculation problem and knowledge problem aside, when planning production for a large scale economy like we have today, it is impossible for socialism not to have a central planner.

You can also hear the Finnish Bolshevik completely contradict himself as he mentions about the reward vouchers claiming what you can or cannot do as an individual. There lies the issue, if there is no state under communism, who says I can or cannot do anything? The truth is, you require that central authority to dictate and govern society.

It's like the oxymoron of Libertarian socialism, thinking you can strip individuals of their individual rights and liberty by taking away their rights to own private property and then once the state is gone, then thinking that magically they'll all be working in communes. The trouble is, this ignores the fact society is made up of individuals who have self-interest and if there is no government, individuals can go do their own thing.

If a set group of people decide to dictate to other people terrorising them to prevent them from owning private property, that by definition is governance and this is where the fundamental flaw in the Finnish Bolshevik's argument caves in. The Finnish Bolshevik lives in a utopian fantasy world based on his IDEALISTIC view of socialism and as stated, if it does not live up to those theories of Marxism, it's not socialism according to him and other socialists.

The Finnish Bolshevik, therefore, does not understand that all those socialist regimes that ended in terror had tried socialism, it was always their goal to reach such a democratic workers paradise, but always ended in the opposite direction.

As I briefly touched upon, it is inevitable for socialism to drive the whole country into extreme poverty and when that happens, they have no other option but to build a Berlin Wall or an Iron Curtain, they have to make it illegal for there to be migration out of the country. What I didn't touch upon, like Kristian Niemietz points out, if someone seeks to leave the commune they are regarded as traitors because they're betraying the collective work they owe their fellow workers.

This is the finest form of slavery you can find and it is of no surprise how they justified killing so many countless millions of innocent people.

All in all, even if they were to reach their fantasy world they would be doomed from the get-go as that is never going to hide the economic failings of socialism, especially without price signals.

Again, you can learn about the Economic Calculation Problem in both parts here:

Economic Calculation Problem: Price Signals Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVbbFVKWdhI

Economic Calculation Problem: Variety in the Market part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFoqXD_o6Wc