• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    3 hours 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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      1 hour ago

      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 perpetually destitute global underclass. So that their corporations can continue to have access to underpaid labor. Which you and I benefit from in some way shape or form.

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      3 hours 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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        1 hour ago

        Says the guy who literally spouts tankie shit.

        Communism was tried and is still tried just because it doesn’t look like this perfect utopia you read about in a book doesn’t mean it’s not been tried/exists.

        This isn’t a friendly game of checkers and saying “that’s not what I meant to do”…