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Aporkalypse_Sow t1_iws7ym9 wrote

*soviet era

Communism may not be perfect, but it's also never really had a chance to prove itself.

Competition against capitalism and being ran by the soviets is not a representation of communism. Frankly all systems end up being ran by the same assholes doing the same things, just under different names and laws.

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arven14 t1_iwsk6l8 wrote

Also if I was gonna criticize the USSR the last thing I'd point at is their infrastructure, they built shit to last or at the very least be repaired easily.

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dancingraccoons t1_iwu2bgl wrote

>they built shit to last

You have no idea what you are talking about mate.

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Beavertoni t1_iwugzwf wrote

How many years and 100s of millions dead does it have to take for idiots to learn communism is a failed ideology? Even china had to open their markets or face the inevitable.

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sellmeyerammorighty t1_iy8mckj wrote

It's actually a political theory in the context that both you and the previous comment use it. Ideology would be party-specific or individual-specific interpretations of Marx and Engels original work, or classical Marxism. China is a Socialist Republic which is run by "Communist Party," which claims to be Marxist-Leninist-Maoist (an ideology), but is actually a capitalist hell hole that produces an elite class and billionaires even faster than the US does. The communist title is used all around the world often as a rouse gain and keep popular support from the proletariat class.

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Beavertoni t1_iy8n7z7 wrote

Someone doesn’t know Chinese history.

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sellmeyerammorighty t1_iya8gkz wrote

Oh really? Go for it, there expert. They stopped being Maoist decades ago. You have google. Use it. Just because a country claims to still be communist doesn't make it so. Go to bed child.

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Shot-Spirit-672 t1_iwuhu4b wrote

Title alone sounds like pro capitalist propaganda, especially considering this Andrew Forrest guy sounds like a piece of shit

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