• Bazell@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Anon opens a history book.

    Sees communism examples.

    Looks closer.

    It’s an obvious dictatorship with aspects of slavery.

    Finds capitalism examples.

    Looks closer.

    It’s a non-obvious dictatorship with aspects of slavery.

    Anon is confused and throws book away.

    • "There are not enough good examples for me to believe that something can be good. " - he says.
    • village604English
      44·
      3 months ago

      The fact that communism hasn’t ever worked on a large scale without authoritarianism should tell you something.

      • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        Or the fact that it hasn’t ever worked on a large scale without authoritarianism due to a wildly uneven distribution of resources and capital before communism happened

        • village604English
          38·
          3 months ago

          Communism relies on the government controlling everything to function. It requires some level of authoritarianism.

          • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
            9·
            3 months ago

            don’t make me tap the sign

            bolshevism is not communism

            you’re focusing on a single form of government and saying it’s the only way communism could exist when a lot of scholars can’t even agree on if it should exist within the discussion of communism or if it should just be considered socialism, or if its coalescion of authority was extensive enough to just be another example of another capitalist society.