Comment on Communism
Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 week agoIt looks like a European welfare state, because instead of upending the system and ending up in an authoritarian nightmare, people are compromising with each other.
Popular prosperity is a function of power being reliant on the approval of the masses, and thus will not be achieved in any meaningful way under an authoritarian regime.
Baaahb@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Im not disagreeing here. That is one way to interpret “how communism with no capitalist boot on your neck?” Note though, those states dont self identify as communist or really even socialist in most cases, which leads to muddy waters, and does no favors for socialism as a political system… As an economic system its arguable, but not relevant.
I am far from making an argument for auth; it is however important to point out the context in which the most famous example of authy socialism are taken from. I feel that being aware of the strategy of the propagandabeing consumed is important.
Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The self-identification of governments is possibly the least reliable way to identify which are closest to being socialist/communist.
Baaahb@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Lol “them damn commie Scandinavians!” Nah
Iceblade02@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Just saying that there are a lot of governments who like to pretend. If it’s called Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Utopian Communist Happiness, odds are that you should run for the hills.