▲ 1595 ▼ Communism in theory vs in practice (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 485 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] AeonFelis@lemmy.world -22 points 1 year ago (3 children) Communism is just socialism-flavored fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) This is 100% ahistorical, Communism has historically served the working class and opposed fascism while fascism has historically served Capitalists and oppressed workers and Communists. Read Blackshirts and Reds. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago This is nothing more than a feeling that you have, and has no basis in fact. All the worst atrocities committed in the name of communism throughout history cannot possibly compare in scale or cruelty to the actions of even a single fascist state. In addition to the difference in scale there is a difference in motive. Communists have noble goals, but atrocities result from threat-induced paranoia and selfish opportunists co-opting revolutionary fervor. The atrocities of fascism are pure evil in both motive and action. Fascists seek to eliminate those that they deem inferior, and they carry this out with unimaginable cruelty and glee. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -15 points 1 year ago (1 child) @AeonFelis @vga @memes both are a version of totalitarianism permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Totalitarianism" as a term was largely popularized in order to depict Communism and Nazism as "twin evils," when the reality is that Socialist countries have had dramatic democratization of the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) This is 100% ahistorical, Communism has historically served the working class and opposed fascism while fascism has historically served Capitalists and oppressed workers and Communists. Read Blackshirts and Reds. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago This is nothing more than a feeling that you have, and has no basis in fact. All the worst atrocities committed in the name of communism throughout history cannot possibly compare in scale or cruelty to the actions of even a single fascist state. In addition to the difference in scale there is a difference in motive. Communists have noble goals, but atrocities result from threat-induced paranoia and selfish opportunists co-opting revolutionary fervor. The atrocities of fascism are pure evil in both motive and action. Fascists seek to eliminate those that they deem inferior, and they carry this out with unimaginable cruelty and glee. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -15 points 1 year ago (1 child) @AeonFelis @vga @memes both are a version of totalitarianism permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Totalitarianism" as a term was largely popularized in order to depict Communism and Nazism as "twin evils," when the reality is that Socialist countries have had dramatic democratization of the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Totalitarianism" as a term was largely popularized in order to depict Communism and Nazism as "twin evils," when the reality is that Socialist countries have had dramatic democratization of the economy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Jonas@mastodon.nl -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) @Cowbee @memes might be true, but by definition (A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control) my comment is correct permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago No, it isn't. The Soviet system dramatically expanded worker control over Tsarism and Capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent