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Originally Posted by HolyShadow
I'm not arguing that there is successful capitalism or that failed capitalism is better than successful communism. I'm saying that the problems that cause true communists to label historical attempts as failures are simply side-effects due to a miscalculation in how communism works practically, rather than necessarily something that can be fixed by trying it a few more times.
I decided to apply the same argument that communists use to capitalism. Why can't capitalism work right? Obviously people haven't tried to do it right. But what is true capitalism? If it's total free market capitalism then it's naturally going to allow for things like monopolies, which are bad on nearly every level. So then true capitalism is a bad thing. But what about true communism? Is that a good thing? Yes, better than true capitalism. But what about failed communism, that ends up being perverted and manifests as an authoritarian dictatorship under the facade of a democracy? That's worse than even failed capitalism. But what about capitalism that has its problems solved but keeps general free market practices? Ultimately that's labeled as socialist. A small amount of socialism is good medicine in a free market system. But going totally communist, I believe, will always ultimately result in the same authoritarian result, just like going totally capitalist will always ultimate result in things like monopolies and political strongarming by giant corporations as a result.
Yes, but are those corporations communist in and of themselves? No. They have socialist practices which improve the free market system like I've said.
See above statement.
I'd rather be fat and die early than starve and die much earlier.
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NOBODY HAS EVER TRIED COMMUNISM!
and capitalism doesn't work, because it relies on money, but money only exists in our minds.
you apparently worship yourself higher than others.