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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

By all means, do criticize communism, it's a fresh thing here. Most people have this romantic idealistic idea about communism in their heads that is just as real as CEOs believing that capitalism is great for everyone, completely ignoring the horrors that it has brought.

Every system can and will be abused by assholes, unless you put good rules in place. Capitalism with good rules and taxes to restrict it is the best system to get humanity to move forward, using the tax proceedings to setup a socialist state. Even them there will be assholes that can be, and will have to be dealt with by laws.

For anyone balking at the idea that controlled capitalism (which funds a strong social system) is the best way to move forward, please remember that the very device you're using to downvote me is a product that only exists thanks to capitalism.