Even from people that never lived in a communist state

edit: im 17 and i hate communism

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    6 months ago

    Sorry what? How on earth would such a thing even be established as fact? This is a very bold claim.

    I don’t want to sound patronising, but you have access to the entirety of our species’ history. It’s more about going through it to try find a time where it has worked. Beyond the exception of small communities, in every case I know of it has failed before maturing to a complete enough state—this actually includes some of those small communities too. Unless you’re confusing socialism with communism because of all it’s socialist traits.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t want to sound patronising, but you have access to the entirety of our species’ history

      I mean, do you? You think early man was a rugged individualist who pulled himself up by his boot straps?

      Homosapiens survived hundreds of thousands of years as a result of collectivism and sharing resources, which are the central tenets of communism. From a historical perspective, the ideas that underpin capitalism - private ownership, the elite controlling the means of production, individuals acting in their own self-interest - came about only very, very recently.