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Their mock election was so realistic the school even played the role of the CIA (lemmy.today)

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There are no true societies.

That doesn't mean descriptions are not useful. There's no such thing as a capitalist society, yet communism's entire foundation is built on critiquing it.

[–] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There are no true societies. There's no such thing as a capitalist society

Please elaborate?? If you make claims, that stray far from the understanding of these terms by most people, it would be really useful to know, why you see it that way.

That doesn't mean descriptions are not useful.

Descriptions are only useful when they tell you anything useful about the things, they are describing. The Soviet Union was neither communist nor socialist, because the workers didn't control the means of production. The state did. This is fundamental to both of these systems. Sometimes, false labels can also be harmful, because they give the other person a false idea of what you are talking about. For example, it would be wrong and also really bad, if you were to describe the Nazis as socialists, just because they were called the "national socialists".