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[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

See every communist nation in history

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I see China building renewable energy capacity, and crazy fast trains, faster than the rest of the world combined.

I see Cuba, a tiny island nation, still independent after 64 years of brutal US sanctions.

I see Vietnam, a popular retirement destination for American 'expats'.

I see Russia, being fairly shitty and also 100% capitalist for 25 years.

Hmm, seems like you may have been told a bunch of times that communism is bad but never really looked into it.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

China is extremely capitalist lmao

I'm not fucking defending capitalism or demonizing communism, it's just never worked. I see absolutely zero reason to expect any difference if we tried it in the us

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nuh-uh, Xi pressed the big red communism button and now all the capitalism is gone!

[is joke, obviously that's not how it works]

"It's just never worked" is ignorant though. Every nation that has tried to dump capitalism has has successes and failures, and there are many factors that contribute to each. Economies are extremely complex and you simply can't say anything intelligent without getting at least a bit more in-depth than "works/doesn't work".

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