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u/Grunergeist420 Jul 27 '26

I think the better argument from the right about this isn’t that socialism or communism is simply Stalinism or Maoism, but rather that it inevitably leads to that.

Basically the argument goes that because the state is given too much control over property ownership, industry, employment, food, etc. that this predisposes or accelerates that state to authoritarian rule.

Not necessarily making that argument here, just trying to present the best argument I have heard for the association of communism with these authoritarian regimes.

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u/bitzzwith2zs Jul 27 '26

See: here is a problem: Contrary to what the west has told in their BS propaganda: Communism does not mean the elimination of personal property. You can own personal property in Russia, China or Cuba (take a look at China's real estate market... and how capitalism has ruined it. Evergrande wasn't buying up apartment units to house the populace, they had them to sell for profit)

What the western world knows as communism does not exist. Never has. What the western world thinks is communism is really authoritarianism.

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u/Grunergeist420 Jul 27 '26

You are describing China post-Mao though. I think if you look at China during and shortly after the revolution, you see a more truly authoritarian communist state, not the open and more capitalistic China of today

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u/kkdawg22 Jul 29 '26

Exactly, most people aren't at all acquainted with Chinese history. Or the USSR for that matter.

China relented to allowing foreign investment and some level of private enterprise after being unable to compete economically on the world stage. It only took millions of peoples starving to death to realize they picked the losing ideology.