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I have to disagree. Democracies are generally better at course correction over long time horizons. I think a communist democracy would likely do what capitalist
by BobbyJo 5y ago
I have to disagree. Democracies are generally better at course correction over long time horizons. I think a communist democracy would likely do what capitalist democracies do: economically drift toward center.
- vmception 5y agoCould be center like Vietnam, or shut in, destitute and hostile like North Korea, but most likely broken apart with some hostile regions like the Soviet Union None of these are democracies, just greater pursuit of communism which is what the protestors wanted
- BobbyJo 5y agoNorth Korea and the Soviet Union don't qualify as democracies...
- vmception 5y agoNone of those examples are democracies, just greater pursuit of communism which is what the protestors wanted
- BobbyJo 5y agoThe point I was aiming at was that the benefits of democracy outweigh the blights of communism over the long term. You can argue whether or not that is the case, but North Korea and the USSR aren't examples to the contrary.
- vmception 5y agoAre there any examples that support your thoughts? A transition out of authoritarian single party communist rule to democratic [single or multi party] communist rule?
- BobbyJo 5y agoAn example to support my thought would be a communist democracies becoming more capitalist over time. Unfortunately I believe communist regimes have been predominantly authoritarian, so I don't have any good examples. I believe there aren't any good counter examples either tho, so it's anyone's guess.