• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Funny because it you talk to libertarians, we’ve never had a pure capitalist society. You probably just don’t realize how similar they all are to the people who claim we’ve never tried our Communism.

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      3 months ago

      they all are to the people who claim we’ve never tried our Communism.

      When you dont know the difference between socialism and communism

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        3 months ago

        You’ll have to explain what you think I don’t understand and how you came to that conclusion.

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          3 months ago

          Because for the idea of communism to exists it would have to be globally, otherwise youd need a state and a definition of communism is a stateless and classless society.

          A common misconception is to think that what the Soviets, Chinese, Cubans, etc. were/are doing is communism, when in fact it’s communists exercising state power to organize the economy in a state socialist, market socialist (or SWCC) etc. way. You can’t just claim power and say it’s communism now, in a context where globally capitalism and imperial forces exist. (See if you find and notable examples of anarchist/stateless societies that survived)