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rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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Imagine thinking Soviet Union was communist

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bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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Zorque@lemmy.world
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A system of government wherein a few at the top have all the power and they dictate how everyone acts is antithetical to an ideal where everyone has equal power.

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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There’s the inherent “fallback” to absolutist schemes, which worked well in the small communities human evolved in, but not so well for large communities.

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rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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State capitalism isn’t communism nor socialism

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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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The Soviets would have agreed that they hadn’t achieved communism but China is an example of state capitalism, not the Soviets. They were socialists, and they were also authoritarians. The means of production were collectively owned.

Whether they were good Marxists when their system created just another oppressive heirarchy is another question, but the richest Soviet kleptocrat wasn’t anywhere close to a billionaire as far as I’m aware.

If someone wants to prove otherwise they’re welcome to.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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the soviet union was socialist, which is supposed to be a slow transition to communism as opposed to anarchism.

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Valmond@lemmy.world
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Then, the bar closed and everyone had to go home and sober up.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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i suppose you know what socialism even is?

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