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Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months agoWhy would any government oppose people’s thoughts of freedom and self-improvement, when that’s specifically the goal of Communism to encourage, as opposed to Capitalism?
Comment on He's got a point
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months agoWhy would any government oppose people’s thoughts of freedom and self-improvement, when that’s specifically the goal of Communism to encourage, as opposed to Capitalism?
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Because Communist governments see any opposition to communism as a threat to their power, so they do not tolerate dissidence even if they claim to tolerate dissidence. It’s just another example of the paradox of tolerance.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
How is freedom and self-improvement “opposition to Communism?” Do you have the slightest idea what you’re talking about?
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
It might not be opposition to communism the way Marx envisioned it, but it is absolutely opposition to communism the way communist governments have envisioned it
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
How?