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Dude, you are the one who has been brainwashed by decades of Red Scare propaganda done by the West. Also, many many people on your instance are commies too. I constantly post commie stuff on your instance and get thousands of upvotes.
dont attack him.
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Pol Pot says hello. Any system run by human beings will be corrupted and used for evil, its been tried.
Who was it that stopped Pol Pot again? And who was it who supported Pol Pot even after his party was removed from power?
If you want to use history as a "gotcha," then at least get it right. Go read a book and think critically for the first fucking time in your life.
Why would they ever think, when being smug instead is clearly working out so well for them. Just look at how they're owning all the tankies here!
You're welcome to find yourself a different species
This is such a weak argument. You are saying that because your definition of perfection is unattainable we shouldn’t strive for better?
He said with no sense of irony
Same could be said for capitalism. If people could stop being such greedy, selfish assholes things would be okay but they can’t help themselves.
Dude, capitalism is all about being greedy and cut throat. It is a system that thrives in the exploitation of people. It is all about maximizing profit and eternal growth. Capitalism brought us colonization and slavery. There is nothing good about capitalism.
My point is that nothing is stopping people from not exploiting other people, they are consciously making that choice out of selfishness and greed. They could be content with what they have but there’s always an incessant need for more. I’m not disagreeing that it’s messed up.
A dictatorship of the proletariat creates a democratic way to use the means of production which prevents exploitation. It is possible to exploit people under capitalism because the means are privately owned. If the means are state owned it can be decided democratically how to use them and nobody gets exploited.
I am begging you liberals to just be familiar with the most basic parts of Marxism
Read marx! Like actually google marx and read kapital or better yet Lenin's State and Revolution. Or google On Authority by Engels (this one is just a page long, read this and you can get out of reading the others, report back afterwards if you want!)
literally debunked by marx in the first few pages of the communist manifesto
Just curious...
Since communism isn't illegal in western countries, and there's literally nothing stopping a bunch of comrades from starting a business where the workers maintain control over the means of production, where are all the successful communist companies?
Like if communism is sooooo superior to capitalism, why aren't communist operated businesses dominating the world?
New businesses are started all the time, so you would think there would be at least one successful communist company. Where are they?
Capitalism doesn't allow for socialism to exist within it. Under capitalism only cut throat business flourish. Trying to have an island of communism thrive on a sea of capitalism is like trying to plant apples in the desert. Only when the entire system becomes communist, it can thrive since capitalism is made for only to capitalism to make it. A company that values people over profits will be drive out of business by one that sells cheaper products by cutting all benefits to their employees and by paying them shit. That is why changing the whole system is the only way to go forward.
yeah right? if economic planning was superior to market uncertainty like all those stupid commies say then big capitalist firms would employ it internally!
https://library.lol/main/C081B7B0E45D0F32074D78F3E8EDF0A0 <--- there's nothing in this link please don't click
If those Libs bothered to read they'd be Marxists.
What is a communist business? How is it different from a normal business?
“A communist company”
Do you ever think before you say? Please at least do some fucking research before you say stupid shit like this. It might help you in the future.
This is the epitome of
“iPhone? Capitalism! Ugg uhh! GOOD!”
“No iPhone! COMMUNISM! Ugg uhh! NO GOOD!”
You have no fucking clue what words mean. Communism describes an economic system of nations (typically). It doesn’t describe companies. Nor does capitalism.
What you’re asking about (you’re not really asking for anything- you’re just a terrible right wing troll) is called a worker co-op. Which do exist sometimes and a few have been successful.
But that’s irrelevant because we’re discussing a system under which rich guy’s whose family stole land/wealth (primitive accumulation! Read!) does NOT get to be the Lord of his little fiefdom. His stolen, and do not think for a second it’s not stolen, assets/wealth/land would be taken back and held in common, in a state most likely, and workers would use these resources, factories, whatever, to produce commodities not for profit but for the betterment of society as a whole. Surplus value, profits, would be reinvested into society, not hoarded by capitalist dude or his family.
So, long story short, nothing changes. Except for one thing. The thieves at the top who stole are brought back down to earth. Possibly executed depending on their crimes coughEloncough or forcefully made a worker again- OH NO, THE HORRORS!
Yes, this is called China, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, North Korea, and the former USSR (and many others)
E: also not being snarky, mondragon and basically all co-ops are working as you suggest. Did you not know what a worker co-op was??
Winco is one I frequent with exactly the model you describe