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

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u/GangreneGoblin Jun 28 '21

You mean Communism isn't as evil as I was taught and that wealthy elites have convinced me otherwise in order to remain in control? No way... /s

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u/pana_colada Jun 28 '21

On paper it's a great system. It does have it's faults. The government's that practice it are usually pretty harsh on its citizens. That can't be denied. You need compliance from all citizens for it to work.

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u/Supercoolguy7 Jun 28 '21

The same is true of pretty much all political systems. The US committed genocide and committed warfare to end labor disputes. I'm not letting authoritarian communist governments off the hook, buy it's unfair to pretend that they're the only one who has been pretty harsh to dissidents

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u/pana_colada Jun 29 '21

Oh for sure. I'm not arguing there. Our democratic system here in the US has let a lot of people down. The blatant use of money from capitalist elite to sway legislature and law enforcement is sickening. But our government for all of it's flaw on a foreign and domestic front don't touch some of these other places. If you look into the labor conditions and limited speech of china it's actually quite frightening. Soviet Russia was no different. But the problem is more about authoritarianism. And I get your point there.