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“Communism doesn’t work” (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Downvote spam report: 1/4th of the downvotes on this one (so far) are from zero-content accounts.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

Who could have done this

[–] Skedule@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

zero-content accounts

🙄

Again with this. Just for context, how many of the upvotes are zero-content accounts?

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Interesting. How do you find that out?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Admins can see voting patterns.

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Admins can see who upvotes and downvotes, I'm pretty sure.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This implies the CIA disinfo was some kind of oopsie

[–] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

The purpose was that the disinformation was so bad that it shocked even the professor

[–] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Agreed, the professor’s mouth and eyebrow should be flipped around.

[–] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd even replace communism with socialism. Since it's also vilified in the US, but it's a broader term which is, to me, more relevant nowadays.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

What do you mean? Socialism is generally just the process of building Communism.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There exists socialist theory outside of marxism-leninism

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, there does, but the idea of a Socialism that would not eventually work itself towards Communism is silly, that assumes a stagnant system that cannot advance.

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[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 13 points 2 months ago (20 children)

Communism works and has worked for thousands of years. People thrive when their needs are met. It's authoritarianism that doesn't work

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When do you call a system "Communist" and when do you call it "Authoritarian?" Early-human "communism" isn't what Communists advocate for, instead Communists advocate for moving beyond Capitalism.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

authoritarianism has worked for thousands of years.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 9 points 2 months ago

just because the system isn't working for you doesn't mean it's not working

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on the goal doesn’t it?

Authoritarianism archives incredible luxury and comfort for a very small portion of people.

Communism archives collective well being and minimized suffering.

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[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

communism always fails because it's authoritarian, that's the same reason the west, the east and everything else will fall

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