It's sarcasm about how you think the USSR was not democratic despite it being able to feed, clothe and house all of its citizens even under immense economic pressure. Things which the so called democracies of today, despite being orders of magnitudes wealthier still choose to not do.

[–] hrosts@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (17 children)

So democracy to you is when a state does SocDem welfare policies?

I would understand if, as a purported socialist, you wanted to tie democracy to communism, as bourgeois democracy democratizes only the superstrucure, and even that one just partially. But that tie-in would clearly be hard to accept if you wanted to argue for USSR being democratic, as it was far from a stateless classless moneyless society.

Still - why social democracy? Why welfare? It's kinda of a weird choice, unless you tie the idea of democracy to the liberal-fascist "will of the people" concept. But that would imply very bad things about your views, friend.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

if you wanted to argue for USSR being democratic, as it was far from a stateless classless moneyless society.

When you don't know the difference between communism and socialism

[–] hrosts@lemm.ee -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your username looks particularly funny in the context. I hope you know why.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your comments look very uninformed in the context of this entire thread.I hope understand why.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm

[–] hrosts@lemm.ee -3 points 6 months ago

Lol

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