Early millennial. I have a friend from high school who hates communism. If you describe all the problems he will agree with you. Rich people, big business corrupt politicians all the way up to the point of saying capitalism is the problem. Suddenly its poor people and immigrants, like how somehow the very small number of rich assholes exploiting everyone isnt the problem but other people who are being exploited worse are. I have tried so hard to get through, but he just can’t bridge that gap.
Makes me so mad how many people in general will agree on the world’s issues right up to the point I use the word “capitalism”.
Like, I know it sounds stupid, but the clue is literally in the name. What is taking you all so long?
For GenX much more than later generations, they were exposed to propaganda as children saying that the main alternative to capitalism was tankies. So if you criticize capitalism, then you must support Stalin.
It still seems to be a thing, that the only possible communism is post Stalin USSR (or 21st century China).
Not discussed often is the degree to which western industrialist interests aggressively acted to sabotage efforts for societies to form an egalitarian socialist democracy. Both the British empire and the US empire are guilty of this, often to the point of brutally overthrowing such governments in favor of puppet dictatorships.
So one criticism of communism might be that they are susceptible to intervention by larger bullyish states, but that’s true of any society, regardless of how it’s organized.
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I’m a millennial as well and honestly not enough of us hate capitalism lol
And from the Gen Xers I’ve met, as long as you don’t say “This is because of capitalism” then they be right there with you hating it.
Early millennial. I have a friend from high school who hates communism. If you describe all the problems he will agree with you. Rich people, big business corrupt politicians all the way up to the point of saying capitalism is the problem. Suddenly its poor people and immigrants, like how somehow the very small number of rich assholes exploiting everyone isnt the problem but other people who are being exploited worse are. I have tried so hard to get through, but he just can’t bridge that gap.
Capitalism is the problem, but communism isn’t the answer. As we’ve seen from some very comprehensive examples.
Need to do like the successful Europeans and use socialism to beat capitalism into submission.
if poor people are a problem and rich people are a problem, maybe a robin hood type situation would help
Makes me so mad how many people in general will agree on the world’s issues right up to the point I use the word “capitalism”. Like, I know it sounds stupid, but the clue is literally in the name. What is taking you all so long?
For GenX much more than later generations, they were exposed to propaganda as children saying that the main alternative to capitalism was tankies. So if you criticize capitalism, then you must support Stalin.
It still seems to be a thing, that the only possible communism is post Stalin USSR (or 21st century China).
Not discussed often is the degree to which western industrialist interests aggressively acted to sabotage efforts for societies to form an egalitarian socialist democracy. Both the British empire and the US empire are guilty of this, often to the point of brutally overthrowing such governments in favor of puppet dictatorships.
So one criticism of communism might be that they are susceptible to intervention by larger bullyish states, but that’s true of any society, regardless of how it’s organized.
Propaganda, baby