I’d definitely describe myself as a communist, but I do realize we never had a proper communist state on this planet, just authoritarian states that acted like communists to win over the workers. Capitalism needs to be regulated as fuck to create a fair society, so for now, I strive for socialism, because I understand going straight to communism probably won’t work.

Sorry if this was uncalled for, I just wanted to show there are sensible communists who don’t excuse Russia and China for the shit they’re pulling. But neither do I excuse the west for a lot of shit we are pulling.

Chauvanists like this will spell out China's economic system and reasoning for taking the path they took, and then immediately denounce them for doing exactly what they claim to want. And while they might claim to criticize their own government, they will then turn around and feed you lines that come straight from the state department

Leaves platform enshittified by capitalism

Complains about people being communists

Bruh

>go to site made by communists
>look inside
>communists

how could the woke mob do this

Real communism is market ownership by the people, and not some elite cabal of politicians or capitalists. And a top-down planned economy is pretty much anti-communism, as it violates the very fundamentals of communism as being worker-driven.

Ah yes, I learn new things everyday

These countries were previously communist and (of that has that) have pretty much only improved since transitioning to democracy with capitalist economic systems:

[list of countries that are much worse off since the end of the Soviet Union]

The last stage of the Marxist evolution of communism involves the decay of state institutions through neglect, as they become redundant in a post-scarcity no-cops Utopia.

But there are a bunch of prior stages (including capitalist industrialization even!) that are neglected. And even then, the utopian end-game is routinely disputed by the subsequent generations of Leninists and Maoists who believe we will never truly escape the revolutionary cycle.

There absolutely are Already Existing Socialist states attempting to move themselves from primitive accumulation, through industrial capitalism, and into a collectively governed socialist post-scarcity society. And people absolutely are living in them. And none of them are Utopian (although the quality of life in many of these countries is exhaustively propagandized to be by degrees to be between Unbearably Hellish and FALGSC-adjacent).

The problems that these countries typically have, however, aren’t ones that armchair communists on a niche western internet platform are capable of solving. You’re not going to break the Cuban blockade. You’re not going to settle the endless territorial disputes plaguing Vietnam. You’re not going to undo the legacy of generations of apartheid in South Africa overnight. You’re not going to Make the USSR Great Again.

So maybe save yourself some angst and stop trying to tell Nicholas Maduro and Kim Jung Un how to do their jobs. Maybe worry more about why your local chapter of the DSA can’t get a teacher’s union off the ground.

facts don't care about your blocklist

These countries were previously communist and (of that has that) have pretty much only improved since transitioning to democracy with capitalist economic systems:

[...]

Russia

I’m beginning to see why people call lemmy.world the Reddit of the fediverse

lmao comrade @AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com (we're not federated but respect where respect is due)

Sees: Contradictions of capitalism becoming more apparent

Asks: is this communist propaganda?

These are the people who tell us we don't read enough lmao

why are all these homosexuals sucking my dick

How to tell people you haven't read theory without telling people you haven't read theory

As an anti-communist, I am the expert on what communism means and what communists want. As someone who has read no theory, I am the expert.

I cross-post a lot.

Why do these homosexuals keep sucking my dick

I can't tell if I'm banned from lemmy world or they all just shadowbammed me. Theres nothing in the modlog about me being banned sitewide. They all just seem to ignore me

The Judeo(now Islam)-Marxist Transgender Woke Plague has taken over the internet, truly not Wholesome100

Damn why you ain't tell me the Communists were Communists

Lol

Propaganda works!