• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Well it’s that, and a theory is a theory. You have a theory, you test it’s hypothesis. If instead of a free classless stateless society you keep ending up with authoritarian states. You’ve invalidated your hypothesis. Disproven your theory, and need to change it. If you cling to the same old theory regardless of it working or not. Then it’s not a theory, but a religion.

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      1 month ago

      I like a quote from the German left party. Said: “Well a true democratic communism hasn’t really had the chance to prove itself yet” - which got me to think. Maybe the democratic majority just doesn’t want communism. Now why is that? I think because almost all the opinions and information they are being barraged with are coming from capitalist owned news or because most people need to have this illusion that their work or whatever they are doing will eventually make them be better off than their neighbors.

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        In capitalism, you have a bunch of psychopaths scrambling to the top, tearing each other down in the process. It’s horrible, and many people suffer.

        In communism, you have only a handful of psychopaths trying to scramble to the top. They get there unhindered. It’s horrible, and many people suffer.

        I think the problem isn’t the system, it’s the psychopaths.

        • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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          We will never get rid of psychopaths. Any system that doesn’t account for them is the problem. Better systems don’t consolidate power in ways desirable and easily exploited by psychopaths. Any system that doesn’t have real safeguards is the problem.

  • nico198X@feddit.nl
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    23 days ago

    i literally JUST had to block lemmy.ml because of unreasonable tankie bullshit like this. insufferably deluded people.

    • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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      1 month ago

      Tankies have this weird dance where they have to keep up the normal US bad thing but also piss on people’s legs about Trump being no worse or better than Biden because Trump continuing to be in power hurts Westerners.

      I almost think Trump could get couped by Communists tomorrow and tankies would find a way to hate it.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        1 month ago

        it’s been so weird watching certain tankies twist themselves into pretzels trying to wrangle how 47 is good actually because he’s aligned with russia, what a pleasant surprise

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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      Aww, did I hurt your feelings? Sorry about that champ, I’ll make sure my next meme takes your fragile sensibilities into account 😌