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Incorrectomundo. I hate communism because my family was repressed by Stalin.
Stalin was a totalitarian dictator that happened to lead a country experimenting with socialism/communism.
Does Trump's treatment of certain groups represent the totality of what is possible under capitalism?
To be clear, I'm not a fan of Stalin or Trump. It just seems weird to hate a political theory/ideology because a power-hungry asshole said it was his ideology.
A power hungry asshole was in charge under this "system". It will happen again. This is what always happens. Those systems do not work.
Which systems? Democracy? Communism? All systems?
Democracy, capitalism, communism.
It doesn't matter how you change the rules of the game, the psychopathic mass murderers always adjust and find the way to the top.
If the system doesn't matter, then why do you specifically hate communism?
Oh, but it does.
If the population is kept uneducated, poor, and fearful they don't have the energy, understanding, or organization to keep the assholes in check. It's way easier turn a country to dictatorship and/or fascism when everyone is stressed and struggling.
There is no perfect system, but they are systems that can build a population that is at least asshole resistant.
communism is stateless and classless. there is no top
That's the sweet thing with democracy, you kick them out without needing a bloody revolution.
It doesn't seem to be working in the USA now, is it? They find a way to brainwash the masses into voting for them.
Who the hell thinks the USA of all places is a full fledged democracy lol.
Brainwashing starts with deprivation. Those with wealth in the US have been manipulating the system into serving the wealthy at the expense of the rest of the country. It isn't an inevitability, it's a flawed underlying system and a capitalist class willing to take advantage of every opportunity to cement their own power.
I mean, i wouldn't say that stalinism is communism
Well when interacting with people on ml, stalinism and whatever China and Russia is right now is the best communism.
Well that type of communism is the only one we've seen so...
Cuba is the same for example, or China.
China is the worst example, they are capitalists who implemented a few communist ideas, generally, every single one of them are not communist, they just call themselves like tgat because they took 2 or 3 communist ideas, that's it
Have you heard about Mao? There is more to china than how it is today.
mao wasnt communist either
So who was?
So you had a family of Nazis?
Never forget the USSR ended the war while the US protected us capitalist interests in Germany.
Never forget the alliance ended the war.
Lol, sure, let's remove comments correcting your revision of history.
Doesn't change the facts though and makes this communities moderation look very bad.
They got deleted because they were a troll like yourself
Nazi adjacent then?
Can't follow rules they gotta go
What's wrong with you? Are you trolling to abuse your mod "powers"?
What a life you must have.
There are only 6 rules and this mother fucker managed to break everyone of them
Maybe but what's about you treating everyone as a nazi if stalin attacked them?
Clearly because everyone Stalin repressed deserved it, lmfao.
Lmao what a terrible take