• MotoAsh@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    Best economic system ever, they say. Unlike communism, this is a situation where you can say it has been tried many times throughout history.

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      36 minutes ago

      Why do you tankies always say communism has never been tried? Power hungry people exist no matter the system, and so far…as much as the system is rigged, capitalism has brought a lot more people out of poverty than anything else. Communism has been tried countless times, it just ends up not working because power hungry people exist.

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        22 minutes ago

        rofl you think I’m a tankie for shitting on capitalism!?

        ahahaha way to broadcast how pitifully tiny your understanding is…

        People being lifted out of poverty as an economic test COMPLETELY IGNORES the reality of technological advancement. Way to further demonstrate how you do not know even the major milestones of history, let alone economic history…

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        I’m by no means in support of communism but I think you’re assuming that these systems have been tested in a vacuum. Specifically with regard to communism in the global south where Western capitalist entities act as agents of sabotage in order to secure the people of these nations as a helplessly destitute global underclass. So that their corporations can continue to have access to exploitative labor. Which you and I benefit from in some way shape or form.