• bastion@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Communism isn’t a problem, just like actual christlike Christians aren’t a problem.

    The problem is the susceptibility to abusive power. Capitalism is bad at that, but communism is terrible at it.

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      communism isnt susceptibil to abusive power. the marxist leninist transition state is.

      guess what, when a small group of ppl has full power over a state, ppl and economy “to transform it into a monyeless, stateless and classless society”, they will make sure to create a system that favours themsleves instead and that their state never withers away.

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        1 year ago

        By your own assertion, people can create groups that are self-serving.

        Go ahead and tell me your communistic ideal, and I can tell you how someone could hack it.

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      1 year ago

      Stop using capitalism to mean liberalism

      Just say liberalism

      You’re comparing a vague economic description to a whole ass ideology

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        I’m comparing capitalism to communism. If your issue is with that, I can’t help you.

        If your issue is with me using Christianity as an example of a system that is broken in a similar way to communism, perhaps I can elaborate if you’re interested.

        By ‘capitalism,’ though, I simply mean ‘capitalism.’ Sorry to disappoint you, bud, but the liberals aren’t the problem.

        Now, I don’t have a fundamental problem with capitalism, it’s just weak in that it trends towards inducing and rewarding short-term thought, but it fundamentally depends on long-term thought.

        Like anything, it can be a useful tool, but it’s definitely the principle of a “whole-ass ideology”.