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Communism is good. By "protecting" them from communism, you doomed them to the horrors of capitalism.

• CamperBob2 1y ago
  You don't have to hold a gun to someone's head to get them to practice capitalism. People will trade labor, goods and services voluntarily unless you go out of your way to stop them. And spare us the false equivalence bullshit that we all know is coming.
  • andrekandre 1y ago
    > trade labor, goods and services voluntarily small nitpick, but trading != capitalism capitalism is using capital (money, materials, and employees/work) as inputs to produce finished products with the goal of re-investing those profits into said production or into other markets simply trading or rendering services can be done without the need for constant growth/profits or investment as capital over time (e.g coops, traditional businesses etc)
    • throwaway290 1y ago
      That's not the definition of capitalism I see in my dictionary.
      • CamperBob2 1y ago
        It's just a case of the Redditification of HN. "Anything I don't like is capitalism. Either that, or the CIA is to blame. ... Wait, why not both?"
  • throwaway290 1y ago
    > You don't have to hold a gun to someone's head to get them to practice capitalism. People will trade labor, goods and services voluntarily unless you go out of your way to stop them. This is an important point. The only way communism "works" is top down enforcement.