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[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if, and hear me out on this one, the problem isn't which "-ism" is prevalent. The real problem is that ANY form of power or society needs checks and balances. If those are missing or not enforced, then everything goes to shit. It's a balancing act, not just a matter of black or white.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The whole point of Communism is to balance power away from the 1% and back to the masses. The fact that it is an "-ism" and has decades of propaganda demonozing it, doesnt make that any less true.

[–] MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why Xi Jinping lives in a giant gilded castle and any negative thing said anywhere about him is censored, just like every other citizen. Everyone's equal.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Citation fucking needed, do you even know anyone from China?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

balance power away from the 1% and back to the masses

By installing a dictator...every time it's attempted...

Maybe not do that next time and try doing it from the bottom up instead of top-down🏴. It's much more work to convince people that this is a solution and have them help willingly instead of forcing them to go along with it. We tried the Marxist-Leninist way dozens of times, let's try the anarchist way. A capitalist boot or a communist boot on my neck makes no difference to me, it's still a boot on my neck.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Even the fucking CIA isn't dishonest enough to say such things

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

You should read capital volume one, it will explain how the problem actually is capitalism