[naught0]

China operates an almost entirely capitalist economy. Who's ever heard of new billionaires under Communism? In fact no country remotely implements "communism," yet you say it always leads to authoritarianism. Why and how would an economic system only create totalitarianism? I think it more likely has to do with complex historical and political factors that leads to despots taking power under the guise of communism. I think it's fairly antiquated and disingenuous to make this red-scare blanket statement in 2024

[devilbunny]

So what you’re saying is that communism is such an unworkable ideal that nobody has achieved it on even a small-nation scale?

It’s cool in principle. It doesn’t actually work at scale. It barely works with 100 people. Still a fan?

[jodleif]

It wasn’t tried at scale is what’s being argued. Maos china was not really communist even though they called themselves the communist party. Maybe something like totalitarian state capitalists