• @[email protected]
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    010 months ago

    state adopts communism

    But no state has actually adopted communism. Communism as a basis of an economy requires communal ownership of all goods; not state ownership, but communal. Which country has ever done that?

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      10 months ago

      The state can also control everything. In which case, China, Vietnam and Cuba.

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          410 months ago

          Which can coincide with communism, see China.

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            010 months ago

            No it cannot, that’s not communism. China is as communist as North Korea is democratic. Just because a country calls itself something does not make it that thing.

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              10 months ago

              Countries can have multiple different systems in place. China for example, is an authoritarian communist state.

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                -110 months ago

                Communism by definition cannot be authoritarian. So no, China is not an authoritarian communist state, it’s just a an authoritarian state.

                The only way for China to be communist is to give all people direct communal ownership of goods and services.

                • @goatOPM
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                  010 months ago

                  Communism can be authoritarian, though, as it has been in history.

                  What’s your basis for this definition?

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                    -210 months ago

                    No it cannot because communism by definition must be a classless society. If there is a group above others that controls the state, it is no longer classless, and therefore not communist.

                    And you know, the name derives from communal, so no communal ownership = no communism.

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      210 months ago

      Okay, so when a country tries to adopt communism, if that makes you happy.

      You’re proving my point though.