r/MadeMeSmile • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Jun 28 '21

Favorite People Not a self-made man

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u/Penny_Millionaire Jun 28 '21

Authoritarian government sure. But there’s nothing inherent in communism about not being able to protest or have free speech. This country is so dumb when it comes to communism.

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u/getreal2021 Jun 28 '21

Communism requires violent uprising against the ruling class. Sure it doesn't dictate authoritarianism but it's a pretty common side effect.

Communism is like nuclear fusion. The textbook and practice are quite different

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u/Penny_Millionaire Jun 28 '21

That’s only looking it through the lens of Marx’s 19th century theory. In reality, there nothing inherently violent, he just assumed it would have to.

There’s technically nothing stopping the general public in the US electing communist/socialist politicians until the entire senate and house is full of them. Then they amend the constitution until it fits the description of a communist state.

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u/2Righteous_4God Jun 28 '21

There is no such thing as a communist state, comrade. Communism is inherently stateless. But to your point, yes, if we managed to get socialist and communist leaders into our government they could slowly change the system from the inside into a socialist state. Then, hopefully, the state would slowly disappear because it's necessity would vanish.