• JasSmith@sh.itjust.works
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        25 days ago

        Given that the last 25 times humanity attempted communism it ended in authoritarianism (and unspeakable suffering and horror), I think it’s time to admit that there is a fundamental issue with the ideology which does not accurately account for the human component.

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            24 days ago

            That’s a key phase of communism as prescribed by Marx.

            1. Violent revolution to overthrow bourgeois democracy.

            2. Centralised control, redistribution, re-education.

            3. Implement glorious and free democracy again.

            They keep getting stuck at 2 for some reason. It’s almost like power corrupts or something.

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      24 days ago

      Also it has been unclassified that the protests were indeed orchestrated by the US, so…