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How much of the so-called "authoritarianism" of communism would cease to exist if capitalism simply...allowed other economic systems to coexist?
All of it, but if capitalism allowed socialism to flourish without constantly trying to destroy it, the people in capitalist countries would see how much better socialism is and revolt.
If that is the case, then it's funny how unaware capitalists are about how well-propagandized the west is.
That's the other half of them ensuring a revolution doesn't happen. Constant propaganda about how evil socialism is. But that only works when they can point to "surveillance states" and militarisation of socialist countries, when they can point to socialist nations being poor and struggling. It's hard to propagandise people if the socialist nations are clearly doing far better than any capitalist ones.
It can’t though. It’s in the nature of capitalism to squeeze out any other mode of production. Even without overt sabotage. It’s like how it’s almost impossible for a developing nation to industrialize unless they basically ban imports.