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Was there a flavor of communism that didn't go way south? Perhaps a true scotsman?
by boppo1 4y ago
Was there a flavor of communism that didn't go way south? Perhaps a true scotsman?
- kelseyfrog 4y agoAre you genuinely asking? There are dozens of flavors of communism and you are free to pursue their histories and determine their conclusions.
- Enginerrrd 4y agoIMO, no. And the reason for that is exactly the one best summarized with that Leninist position. Any practical attempt to enact or enforce communism necessarily falls back on that central precept coupled with authoritarianism. Sure, there are plenty of naive, academic flavors of communism. (I even almost mentioned some of them because I had a feeling that's where some of the replies to my comments were going.) ...But I can essentially guarantee that they all suffer from that same fundamental flaw if you were to actually try to implement them.