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There has never been a truly communist society, they were marketed as being socialist (nazi party) or as communist (lenin and mao). None of those were what they
by BigJ1211 7y ago
There has never been a truly communist society, they were marketed as being socialist (nazi party) or as communist (lenin and mao). None of those were what they claimed to be at all, or at best a corrupted version of what they were supposed to be.
See: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cpml-ussr.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cpml-ussr.htm
So there hasn't been any communism that turned into fascism, as there hasn't been any communist society. Most of the misconceptions about communism stem from post-WW2 propaganda, which boils down to "Capitalism = good, Communism = bad". (at least on western side of the iron curtain)
- _jarroda 7y agoAh yes. No true Scotsman. From where I'm standing, it seems obvious that as you slide down the scale into more collectivism, you wind up with a totalitarian nightmare. It's been tried. It ends disastrously every time.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThis isn't even close to being historically true, and repeating it over and over doesn't make it so.
- _jarroda 7y agoPlease enlighten me with examples of successful communist societies. The thing that gets repeated over and over is the classic "Example x wasn't true communism. True communism has never been tried, but if it were, it would surely be great". Tiring