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Because famously no one has ever died from being over worked under communism

• g8oz 2y ago
  Outside of the gulag prison system? It would be unlikely. A common saying that reflected the typical experience was "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us".
• derelicta 2y ago
  In capitalism thats a wanted and necessary feature, under a socialist system thats an unfortunate accident. I gotta admit, it very likely happened because workers republics had to do what needed to be done to survive relentless attacks of western oligarchies.
• bendigedig 2y ago
  To discredit capitalism is not necessarily to credit communism. We can surely criticise one without having to immediately complain about the other, can't we? Edit: To be clear, my problem with this is that to pretend that there is only a choice between 'capitalism' and 'communism' is a false dichotomy.
  • dennis_jeeves2 2y ago
    >To discredit capitalism is not necessarily to credit communism. For most people a non-capitalist system is necessarily socialist/communist. So the response is apt for most situations. > there is only a choice between 'capitalism' and 'communism' is a false dichotomy. I fully agree, there are nuances that are not considered in what is traditionally defined as communism/socialism/capitalism. But it's important to note that most people understand things only in black and white, and never the shades of gray.