The “liberal” and “conservative” positions are just two versions of supporting the status quo. They both act for the persistence of the oppression. The viewpoint that is really different from both of them is the revolutionary point of view, which calls for the replacement of the oppressive society, which would mean public ownership of any significant chunk of the means of production.
The Revolutionary Point of View
From “‘Liberal’ Versus ‘Conservative’ or ‘Intelligent’ Versus ‘Patterned’?” on page 127 of An Unbounded Future
(Present Time 199, April 2020)
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