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Communism in theory vs in practice (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 days ago (11 children)

It doesn’t matter what ideology. If the people running it are rotten, any system can be corrupted.

[–] explodicle 44 points 1 day ago (18 children)

So then the solution is to decentralize so everyone is running it.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Yeah, I remember how my grandfather and everyone he knew fought tooth and nail just to stop America from dismantling communism in eastern Europe!

Oh, wait, he didn't. Everyone celebrated when it fell.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Could a Communist Nation be considered viable if such a hostile force can take it down? Does it all come down to survival of the fittest (in the best use of the term)?

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