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> As usual with most debates about Capitalism, this article indiscriminately mixes economic systems with political ideologies. > Capitalism is not the opposite
by lucideer 9y ago
> As usual with most debates about Capitalism, this article indiscriminately mixes economic systems with political ideologies.
> Capitalism is not the opposite of Communism, Democracy is
I find this comment very odd as in my experience the opposite is true of most debates: what most get wrong is mixing economic systems with political ideologies by framing Communism as the opposite to Democracy (when it is in fact the opposite of Capitalism). You may be thinking of Authoritarianism
> (one of the core ideas of Communism is the dictatorship of the proletariat)
This particular line highlights your misunderstanding. Firstly, "dictatorship of the proletariat" is a term often used to describe a proposed/potential intermediate state of moving from Capitalism to Communism - it is not a core component of either. Secondly, the word "dictatorship" is used facetiously in this phrase, it is not an actual state of dictatorship.
- dandare 9y agoAs I said above "I never read Marx, I was just born in Eastern Europe and I used to hear that phrase a lot as a child." What was supposed to be the decision making mechanism of ideal Communism if not a dictatorship of top to bottom decisions? How did Soviets (councils) work or supposed to work? A consensus of the majority - aka Democracy? I don't think so.
- icebraining 9y agoMarx was dead before Soviets ever appeared. If you want to read on a society he actually knew and praised, search for the Paris Commune.
- boomboomsubban 9y ago>How did Soviets (councils) work or supposed to work? A soviet is supposed to be an elected legislative assembly, like a senate or parliament. The true soviets died with the Bolshevik coup, when Lenin declared them unnecessary now that his party was in charge. A military coup was what set up a dictatorship, and that is hardly unique to communism.