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Communist societies had less redistribution than many modern social democratic countries and even less than the US. They distributed to the party elite, sure, a
by flexie 10y ago
Communist societies had less redistribution than many modern social democratic countries and even less than the US. They distributed to the party elite, sure, and kept everybody else poor.
Forget about ideological differences. Talk is cheap. Instead look at how the societies actually played out: almost the same way.
Your list of what defines fascism describes communism as well, except maybe for nationalism. And I am not even sure about that.
- tptacek 10y agoAuthoritarian nationalist governments are a feature of every culture and every economic system. "Fascism" isn't ever going to be a kill-shot in an argument about "communism" versus "capitalism".
- ue_ 10y ago>Communist societies had less redistribution than many modern social democratic countries and even less than the US. These were not Communist societies. Arguably the existing Communist societies were those in the form of primitive Communism, existing very long ago. You seem to be taking issue with certain ideas of implementation rather than the ideal itself - that is, a stateless and moneyless society without classes. What similarities do you think exist between the ideals of fascism and Communism?