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Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoThat’s neither exclusive to communism nor has it been achieved in most purportedly communist states (I hear Vietnam’s actually been having a good run of things but I can’t speak to specifics).
Socialism != communism.
msage@programming.dev 6 months ago
It’s definitely not happening now under any social democracy.
Socialism is supposed to be a transformative period, leading to communism. I have no idea why people write the !=.
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Because exclusively that’s the communist viewpoint. There are different socialist ideologies than communism. It’s a rectangle vs square situation.
msage@programming.dev 6 months ago
But everyone knows that. Nobody even remotely suggested anything close to it.
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
“Socialism will transition to communism” is just a communism thing. Social democracy is different. It doesn’t involve communism. Because communism is cringe.