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A communist government will manage to convert any riches into abject poverty. Every single time.

• hmottestad 2y ago
  You might be confusing communism with dictatorship.
  • nickpp 2y ago
    I assure you I am not. I lived under communism so I know it’s stench. It is usually quickly followed by dictatorship though, since force must be used to keep people living under it. Otherwise productive people will naturally pursue prosperity for themselves and their loved ones, which leads straight to capitalism.
    • hmottestad 2y ago
      Can’t say much for Angola, but Venezuela has been a dictatorship since Chavez took to power. A friend of mine was told to come in to register her passport at the embassy so she could vote in the upcoming elections, her passport was returned a few days after the elections. It’s easy to be elected president when the people who vote against you can’t vote. There’s China though. Their party is at least called a communist party. I wouldn’t call their politics communism, except for their land ownership laws. Basically a dictatorship, since anyone opposing the government seemingly ends up in prison. Hasn’t seemed to hinder their economic growth.