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Why did communism always turn into a kind of dictatorship? (gregtech.eu)

submitted 3 weeks ago by gregor@gregtech.eu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Afaik this happened with every single instance of a communist country. Communism seems like a pretty good idea on the surface, but then why does it always become autocratic?

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Cuba exists and has better rankings than the US in higher education, and life expectancy.

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Neither of those things are true.

According to Wikipedia USA life expectancy is 79.3, Cuba is 78.1

Ranking higher education is much trickier but pretty much every list I could find puts USA right at the top. American higher education institutions are world class and remains probably America's biggest competitive advantage (i.e. brain drain).

Also Cuba probably isn't the best example to rebut the "why does communism always turn into a dictatorship" question.

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