One of the reasons real Communism (the USSR variety, not what people in the US think Communism is) has such a hard time in the capitalist societies: It is the only form of authoritarianism in which corporations cannot make profits.
It is the only form of authoritarianism in which corporations cannot make profits
It's still the same people making the profits though. Regardless of what political/economic system you have, sociopaths will always gravitate towards whatever position allows them to acquire the most wealth and power. The only difference is whether they have the legal right to send men with guns to lock you up or kill you if you disobey them.
The fact that you lack the ability for creativity and nuance to such a degree that you scream “HAH, Stalin!” anytime someone criticizes the free market says more about you than the point you’re arguing against.
Surely you aren’t asserting the Soviet Union committed no atrocities and was an angelic society of benevolent leaders blessing the harmonious proletariat?
In any society composed of humans, the shitburgers will find a way to shit on the largest groups of people they can using whatever instrument of power is available. In the US it’s dollars, in the USSR, its influence and power.
GP isn’t asserting that. They’re saying that the the western establishment will gladly tolerate right wing authoritarian governments because they allow private companies to run roughshod over everyone in the name of profit.
Oh I misread, sorry. In that case you’re completely correct. The right holding up dictatorships like Chiang Kai Shek, Pinochet, and Park regimes as being good are all great examples.
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One of the reasons real Communism (the USSR variety, not what people in the US think Communism is) has such a hard time in the capitalist societies: It is the only form of authoritarianism in which corporations cannot make profits.
It's still the same people making the profits though. Regardless of what political/economic system you have, sociopaths will always gravitate towards whatever position allows them to acquire the most wealth and power. The only difference is whether they have the legal right to send men with guns to lock you up or kill you if you disobey them.
The fact that you lack the ability for creativity and nuance to such a degree that you scream “HAH, Stalin!” anytime someone criticizes the free market says more about you than the point you’re arguing against.
I actually critized the free market for being totally fine with, e.g., fascism, or any kind of atrocoty as long as profits are to be made...
Surely you aren’t asserting the Soviet Union committed no atrocities and was an angelic society of benevolent leaders blessing the harmonious proletariat?
In any society composed of humans, the shitburgers will find a way to shit on the largest groups of people they can using whatever instrument of power is available. In the US it’s dollars, in the USSR, its influence and power.
GP isn’t asserting that. They’re saying that the the western establishment will gladly tolerate right wing authoritarian governments because they allow private companies to run roughshod over everyone in the name of profit.
Oh I misread, sorry. In that case you’re completely correct. The right holding up dictatorships like Chiang Kai Shek, Pinochet, and Park regimes as being good are all great examples.
Does this "real" Communism exist anywhere, or should it be more aptly named fantasy Communism?