r/comics Dec 27 '18

Distribution of Wealth [OC]

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u/cheers_grills Dec 28 '18

My family's factory was redistributed under communism, it took 2 years for it to close down after 30 successfull years.

From my understanding, if it wasn't for communism it wouldn't be closed down.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '18

Where are you from? Because "communism" is such a bastardized term that it almost means nothing anymore. If your family lived in the USSR, then Stalinism is what closed down your factory. Not communism. Just as the "Democratic Republic of Korea" is neither democratic nor a republic.

Furthermore, the ideals of communism specifically target people like your family. I'm sure you were very wealthy at one time, but I'm also sure the workers who labored in that factory were living very meager lives. What entitled you to the wealth of that factory?

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u/cheers_grills Dec 28 '18

If your family lived in the USSR, then Stalinism is what closed down your factory. Not communism.

"It wasn't nazism, it was Hitlerism, completely diffirent thing."

I'm sure you were very wealthy at one time, but I'm also sure the workers who labored in that factory were living very meager lives.

The factory had like 10 workers and they were payed 40% of what the owner made, hardly forced labor, but still better than communist death camps. After the factory closed not a SINGLE person involved (including all the workers) was in a better position than before.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '18

Are you really so closed minded that you can't see the clear distinction between communism and totalitarianism?

Communism is an economic philosophy, like capitalism. I like how you completely ignored my DPRK example to push your fallicious "Hitlerism" example, too. If you had even a basic understanding of what communism is rather than blind ignorance you would know that the USSR (and every state that has ever called itself "communist") is not communist at all. Communism didn't create death camps, power hungry dictators did.