Interesting
Submitted 3 days ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I waited two weeks this time to post ragebait
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Lol I made one of those a couple months ago but I’m not brave enough to post it.
gajahmada@awful.systems 1 day ago
This thread give very strong “sharks are smooth” vibe lol. Thanks for your service.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It wasn’t communist except in name lol
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Cope
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
When in history has a stateless, classless, moneyless society been implemented at large scale?
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It almost suggests it can’t be done!
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The problem is that proper communism is functionally impossible, and every crackpot despot in the last hundred years has wanted to get a little street credit with the working class by slapping socialism or communism on their brand.
istdaslol@feddit.org 3 days ago
If capitalism is so great why did they never made a capitalism 2 ?
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
It’s almost released, we’re at the late stage.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 days ago
Capitalism 2 is just fascism.
scibra122@piefed.social 2 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_II
Checkmate atheists
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Fantastic point
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Communism as practiced so far sucks, and maybe it can’t be done.
Capitalism practiced perfectly sucks for everyone but the filthy rich, eventually. That eventuality happens to be upon us now.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
A larger percentage of humans have a higher quality of life then any other time in history.
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 3 days ago
artificial scarcity exists by design
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
People literally just assume that to feel better, and quality of life is relative. There were probably some very happy times in the past where people enjoyed a lot more freedom and a lot more stars in the night sky.
Tango@piefed.ca 3 days ago
One could argue that capitalism only did that because it needed to compete with communism, and that the more that capitalism eliminates its communist competition, the less it seems inclined to care about the working class.
krisevol@lemmus.org 3 days ago
This happens to every world reserve currency because the population constantly vote for more debt. It’s happened to every single one, and you see see it happening today. Everyone keeps voting for more debt and screaming she more access to debt.
jagermo@feddit.org 3 days ago
Oh, bro, the capitalists did. Bought up everything and scrapped it. One of the reasons the east is where it is today.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The east of where ?
sniggleboots@europe.pub 3 days ago
Eden 🤘
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Probably because there was no communist side^^
I know its a shitpost btw but we are still allowed to react to its content.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Thats the goal, yes.
ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It is important to note that they were going to a very strong welfare state, not so different than the most developed welfare states in Europe today.
So when I hear Americans saying this, I feel that it is important to note that they were not escaping to a American-like society/state, but a well developed liberal social democracy. Universal healthcare being one of many welfare services Americans do not have.
I would probably have done the same thing.
Btw: Not claiming you are American, this is just a pet peeve of mine
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
How dare you claim I’m American.
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 days ago
downvote because political agitation in the shitpost meme community. pls move to politics communities
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What do you mean?
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 days ago
there’s dedicated politics communities for that stuff. (i blocked almost all of them so i can’t search for them rn)
pls no politics in the shitpost community.
king_comrade@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I read ‘Stasi State or Socialist Paradise?: The German Democratic Republic and What Became of It’ by Bruni de la Motte, John Green, and Seumas Milne. This book really challenged my western perspective on East Germany and highlighted the complex collapse that occurred. Something that isn’t talked about is how many social and workers rights were taken away or reduced when the wall fell. Feminism in particular backslid tremendously as state support for female employment was removed and women as a result faced widespread unemployment.
I guess I just want to point out it wasn’t a perfect black and white victory for the west, it was also a calamity that caused depression era style suffering for the people living there. I strongly recommend the book for anyone that enjoys circle jerking the fall of the Wall.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What do you mean?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
Wait until you find out that the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” isn’t a democracy.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hold the damn phone, what are you talking about.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 days ago
Way to fail to take context into account.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Tell me about it.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 days ago
The people of the GDR were caged in and cut off of their folk in the very city that just happens to be in west-berlin, so of course people were happy for the iron curtain to fall.
What happened financially, economically and technological with east-germany was a crime (“Treuhand Skandal”) and was the harbinger of the ugly head that is capitalism.
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Like the context of where this was posted?
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Shhhhh
snooggums@piefed.world 3 days ago
The context is the punchline.
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Marxism-Leninism is a dead-end.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 days ago
Indeed. The “vanguard state” is a failed experiment.
Future revolutions should take note and transition directly into a stateless, classless society.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 days ago
Well we’re all finding out how well capitalism works I’d say. Dudes have more money than God and are buying up entire western countries and their politicians.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 days ago
They did, only it was a little later. By then it had emptied out and you could squat, set up a studio, throw raves and such in prime central locations for free.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sounds sick
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Even a conservative thinker argued before that people don’t just go to where there are “free stuff”, most people still value rule of law and freedom. Only few, if ever, risked their lives crossing the Caribbean to go to America not to Cuba, the latter which has free healthcare. Now that I think about it, African refugees fleeing post-colonial strife did not go to either Eastern Europe or USSR during the Cold war, they went to Europe and North America instead.
wraekscadu@vargar.org 2 days ago
Communism is a stateless, classless society. By definition, this means that there cannot be a “communist country”, or a “communist state”.
Oh wow, not the first time I’ve heard this! Such a blatant example of the no true Scotsman fallacy!
It actually isn’t though. No true Scotsman is about pointing differences in UNRELATED characteristics to falsely reject provided examples. But “communist countries” are a violation of the clearly stated definition itself. Rejecting these examples is not fallacious.
Yes, countries in the eastern block can most definitely be classified as “socialist”. Socialist policies generally center around “workers owning means of production”. Meaning, most capital is owned by the working class.
NOW. What does one even mean by “owned by the working class”? Worker coops? Consumer coops? A singular state, owning capital? Different leftists have different positions on this.
But none of this really has much dirt on the idea of communism. Did the first French Republic after the revolution somehow show that republicanism, or democratic ideals were bad and that we should return to a monarchy? Not really. It was a revolution gone wrong.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m confused about what you mean?
wraekscadu@vargar.org 2 days ago
Sorry, it was more of a reply to the discussion going on in the comments rather than your post specifically.
But in short, demonstrating the failure of “communism” by giving examples of objectively NON communist places isn’t logical if we’re having a good faith conversation. Yes, certain socialist economic, political and social policies MUST be criticised straight into the ground.
HOWEVER, criticizing “communism” while pointing at North Korea, China, the USSR and so on is like criticizing democracy and republicanism by pointing at Athenian slaves and the totalitarianism of the first French Republic.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 days ago
No shit
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Remind me which major country was the least affected by the Great Depression. ☭
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kazakhstan
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh yeah, Kazakhstan. One of the heaviest hitters on the world stage. Please return to facebook.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But they did keep the cute cross walk guys.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Crosspost this to ml if you’re serious about trolling
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Feel free
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Oh we are months past the point where I can post in ml.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 days ago
I would but they literally have a rule about not having a sense of humor.
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
They will just block you.
They don’t actually like any kind of discussion that goes at odds with what’s spread around there.
They’ll let you do light talking, but once you get out the graphs or cite multiple sources for your point of view or anything like that they will instantly block you.
timestatic@feddit.org 2 days ago
Honeslty I have the community blocked but I might just go there to troll with this pic now