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It's not even communist. Western Propaganda really created a false impression on this term...
I don't think we really had communism yet on the world.
We've really had communism in the world.
You just don't agree that it's communism.
Reality is real, your idealistic purity is an impossibility. Deal with how things are, not how you wish them to be
We never had communism in the same way we never had a person fly by flapping their arms after jumping of a roof. It's not that we did not try, it just does not end with a flying person.
To have communism, you have to concentrate all the wealth and power in some sort of government so that people don't own "the means of production". And when you concentrate all power in the government, human nature produces some sort of dictatorship.
Disagree. You and so many others throw around the word communism as if it is a specific type, rather than a general type. Not only that, communism and capitalism as not mutually exclusive. We have communism in capitalist societies and there was capitalism inside the USSR's communism.
We have fully functioning communes within the USA. Those are communists living happily inside a communist community, with communist leadership, and communist ideals, all as a sub community within normal American cities. And it is successful.
The US has communism/socialism even within its own government. We have communist firefighters. There was a time all fire brigades were private and sold memberships and private insurance. It was communism that made it a public service. Even the socialist healthcare in the military was not always that way. Up until the Civil War it was private healthcare and the medics were for the battlefield only. All after care was out of pocket. Even for a time after the Civil War large amounts were not covered by the military.
And even looking at the previous poster's comment about not seeing true communism- that is a category- are they referring to Lennonist communism? Maoist? Marxist? It's like saying all capitalist governments are the same, as if the EU and the US, and Nigeria are all the same types of government.
If you consider firefighters communist, you have extremely weird (broad) definition of communism.
PS: Also, in the context of
arguing about broad definition of the word when we are clearly talking about a very narrow definition just muddles and confuses the discussion.
human nature is not an explanation, it is hand waiving. and communism is a stateless society. no one should believe anything you've said here.
there is a cure for political illiteracy.
Yes, it is handwaving, because I ain't spending time writing paragraphs of shit anyone with two brain cells to rub together can easily figure out on their own.
Just because you string words together does not mean they mean something. If people don't own/control the means of production, someone else does. Either you have private capital or a governing body. Calling it "stateless society" means nothing. That is actual handwaving of real issues.
"Just because you string words together does not mean they mean something. If people don’t own/control the means of production, someone else does. Either you have private capital or a governing body. Calling it “stateless society” means nothing. That is actual handwaving of real issues."
communism is a stateless classless moneyless society. your semantic game doesn't change the facts
So it's a fantasy where everyone magically knows what to do, how and when. Then does it with no incentive or punishment. No coordinators, police, or anything else required. Ok, clear. Now can we get back to real world ideas?
Because if there is anyone who has the ability to order people to do something and punish them for not doing it or decide distribution of incentives, that is called a government. No matter how you try to rename it or handwave it.
this is the height of bad faith, no-true-scotsman, illiterate Reddit or engagement.
What is? The fact that not one person advocating communism actually dares define what they mean by communism? So they just jump from definition to definition to salvage losing arguments? Sure, extremely bad faith, but what you gonna do?
"Yes, it is handwaving, because I ain’t spending time writing paragraphs of shit anyone with two brain cells to rub together can easily figure out on their own."
this also is not evidence