• Bazell@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Anon opens a history book.

    Sees communism examples.

    Looks closer.

    It’s an obvious dictatorship with aspects of slavery.

    Finds capitalism examples.

    Looks closer.

    It’s a non-obvious dictatorship with aspects of slavery.

    Anon is confused and throws book away.

    • "There are not enough good examples for me to believe that something can be good. " - he says.
    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      The fact that communism hasn’t ever worked on a large scale without authoritarianism should tell you something.

      • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        20 hours ago

        Or the fact that it hasn’t ever worked on a large scale without authoritarianism due to a wildly uneven distribution of resources and capital before communism happened