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Aint no way a third of gen z has favorable views of communism. Maybe this is just my experience living in a red state but I know like 5 people irl who I would say have a favorable view of communism and I either convinced them of it or made an effort to find them through orgs. This is fox trying to scare republicans more than it is truth. I can't even mention communism to the average person I know without them vomiting American propaganda and thought terminating cliches
Nothing wrong with the concept of communism. In practice it always leads to authoritarianism, fascism and the loss of personal freedoms. But look at the U.S. as it suffers late stage capitalism with a populist dictatorship growing - it's exactly the same.
Saying that communism leads to fascism is a silly concept that I don't feel the need to expand on. All states are authoritarian so I'll give you that one atleast but I don't think we can get to a stateless society without a proletarian state in transition. We are never truly free under any state society so yes personal freedoms are restricted but this isn't unique to socialist societies. The question should be what freedoms are restricted, how are they restricted, and why are they restricted. Personally I believe the freedoms restricted under a socialist state are preferable to the freedoms restricted under a capitalist state. I don't think people should be free to own private property (property that exist to produce private capital) for instance. I do think everyone should have the freedoms that proper medical care, education, and employment; freedoms which are up for debate under a capitalist state.