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Sadly, communism worked out even worse. When communists realized that NEP worked too well and peasants started to get out of poverty, they instituted terror to
by sologoub 4y ago
Sadly, communism worked out even worse. When communists realized that NEP worked too well and peasants started to get out of poverty, they instituted terror to “prune” the population and “remind them why they need” those said communists (a reference to V for Vendetta movie line). Just the best known example, there were also 1920s razkulachivanie and such, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
- mjevans 4y agoCommunism != Socialism Greed, seemingly fundamental human nature, causes corruption and suffering. I don't think we've yet developed a society or tool that is immune from such issues, though competition among providers does seem to help.
- whitemary 4y agoYour narration is so nonsensical and unserious that even the link you yourself shared undermines it, and of course it does. Wikipedia is a well-known liberal anti-communist institution, but at least they do some diligence.