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minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoPeople always say this and then fail to provide a single example of when proper socialism existed and then destroyed the country.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years ago“This theory when applied didn’t end like in the book, therefore it’s not really that theory”
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoCommunism without actually sharing isn’t communism. Democracy without fair elections isn’t democracy. Socialism without the socialisation of the benefit of production is not socialism. Your ignorance of these things doesn’t change what they are.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoAgain, the “the theory when applied doesn’t look like in the book so it’s not real communism”
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoNo. The theory when applied doesn’t follow the book. The difference is something called contextual nuance, and you have no grasp of it. Your position is like North Korea claiming democracy doesn’t work because they say they are one and it’s not working.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe theory when applied ends up not following the book… I wonder why?
People always say this and then fail to provide a single example of when proper socialism existed and then destroyed the country.
“This theory when applied didn’t end like in the book, therefore it’s not really that theory”
Communism without actually sharing isn’t communism. Democracy without fair elections isn’t democracy. Socialism without the socialisation of the benefit of production is not socialism. Your ignorance of these things doesn’t change what they are.
Again, the “the theory when applied doesn’t look like in the book so it’s not real communism”
No. The theory when applied doesn’t follow the book. The difference is something called contextual nuance, and you have no grasp of it.
Your position is like North Korea claiming democracy doesn’t work because they say they are one and it’s not working.
The theory when applied ends up not following the book… I wonder why?