Comment by Vitaly@feddit.uk on Memes vs Reality

Under communism everyone is poor. Under capitalism most are poor

Under Communism poverty is erradicated or close to it. The floor is raised and the ceiling is lowered.

And also a small group of people monopolize power and wealth to oppress those who didn’t

…You’re describing capitalism.

Communism experdites the process of wealth centralization, because that’s what happens when you give all the resources to a single party, under communism the process takes less than 10 years, under capitalism it takes over 10 years, because you need to convince people to part with their money, under communism you have no choice, you own nothing and what you do own is the property of the party.

Left column isn’t labelled, no source is provided, Russian points on the graph are sparse when compared to the USA and France lines, there’s no heading explaining what the graph says. Please do better.

Also wasn’t 1995 when the USSR collapsed?

Hmm?

Poverty rates are steadily decreasing in China...

...under every income group.

While homeownership rates have been steadily rising, reaching 90% in 2018

Those are some bold claims to make with nothing to back it up, when in fact reality says otherwise.

Technology and a booming capitalist economy do that, or well, a booming economy and leading tech at least ; )

Incorrect.

Wealth inequality was far lower in the USSR than the Tsarist system before it, the Capitalist system after it, and than western countries. Additionally, Soviet Democracy was extensive, with far more political participation than western countries have.

Read Blackshirts and Reds.

Also, poverty rates are steadily decreasing in China...

...under every income group.

While homeownership rates have been steadily rising, reaching 90% in 2018

I’d also recommend Human Rights In The Soviet Union, Including Comparisons With The U.S.A. by Albert Szymanski

Excellent addition, comrade.

I’ve heard lemmy.ml claim China is not communist, before. I guess they are communist only when it supports your argument.

I’m seeing /u/10_0 from lemmy.ml in this thread trying to argue against socialism, currently. I guess they are anticommunist only when… what was your point again?

Anyone claiming China isn’t socialist is grossly misinformed.

Lemmy.ml isn’t like Lemmygrad or Hexbear, where you are required to be a Leftist, or accept Leftism and want to learn. Lemmy.ml is maintained by Marxist-Leninists and the ML references Marxism-Leninism, but non-Communists use it too.

I have. Which ones do you recommend?

Russian ones 😂😂

Any russian book? Like This Soviet World? Or does that not count because she was born in America?

Will give it a read, my history knowledge is only broad and not specifically russian

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