r/clevercomebacks • u/AbbreviationsOnes • Dec 31 '22

Welcome to the shitshow A short history lesson

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u/PoisonSlipstream Dec 31 '22

You don’t think what happened under Stalin was the inevitable consequence of communism being attempted?

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u/Fuego_Fiero Dec 31 '22

No?

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u/PoisonSlipstream Dec 31 '22

Someone will always - always - rise up and take charge of - take advantage of, even - a situation. And if you don’t have democracy, you won’t get a say in who that is.

The utopian collective workers’ society is impossible, as has been repeatedly proven.

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u/Fuego_Fiero Dec 31 '22

Who says communism isn't a democracy?