☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 hours agoNo true Scotsman, capitalist editionlemmy.mlimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154imageNo true Scotsman, capitalist editionlemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 hours ago“Not real communism” has 2 flavors. Western “leftist” edition, claiming all existing socialist states never achieved even socialism Marxist edition, pointing out that socialism is a transition to communism, and that communism has not been achieved yet. The latter is correct, but often gets mistaken for the former, which results in rhetorical gotchas by liberal debatelords.
“Not real communism” has 2 flavors.
Western “leftist” edition, claiming all existing socialist states never achieved even socialism
Marxist edition, pointing out that socialism is a transition to communism, and that communism has not been achieved yet.
The latter is correct, but often gets mistaken for the former, which results in rhetorical gotchas by liberal debatelords.