It’s never “real communism”, because real communism is an ideal thing that can only actually happen when no one in any position of power abuses that for personal gain. No matter how many times it’s tried, people exist and will fuck it up. The same type of people who turn capitalism into baby crushing factories.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 13 hours ago
Its harder to make a point that there has ever really been an Anarchist movement which resulted in horror because people either:
or
If I were being semantic I would say Communism needs to be put in Quotes.
Abyssian@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It’s never “real communism”, because real communism is an ideal thing that can only actually happen when no one in any position of power abuses that for personal gain. No matter how many times it’s tried, people exist and will fuck it up. The same type of people who turn capitalism into baby crushing factories.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 13 hours ago
You could claim western democracies which are effectively wellfare states are the true socialisms but man that really stirs up BOTH the hives.
Abyssian@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
More baby crushing factories means less hungry children, less poverty, and baby oil for everyone. It’s clearly socialism. :)