I have yet to meet a single person who honestly thinks communism or anarchism (not comparing them, I know they’re different ideas) that can give me a logical and reasonable arguement as to why it would work. Because they won’t. Communism looks good on paper, but it always falls apart. And as for anarchism…it’s pretty obvious why that can’t even gain decent footing. I know capitalism isn’t a perfect system, but it’s sure as shit what we’ve got, and you’re going to have to deal with that until something better can be implemented.
u just ignoring the many dozens of communes and revolutionary experiments that have been going on for decades now? ever heard of the zapatistas? the currently developing struggle in rojava? i can point u to several entire towns in spain that have implemented post-capitalist methods of living for quite some time now. if u wanna be defeatist have fun doing that
Small scale works pretty well sometimes, I’ll admit that. But I’m talking about people who think making America a communist country would be a step forward, or the people who can even begin to imagine that anarchism is a good idea.
It would be a good idea and a step forward because right now there are six empty houses for every homeless person, and the only reason why this is is because these people don’t have the capital, which is a social construct, required to live in these homes. There are also people starving while supermarkets and restaurants throw out food that is perfectly fine.
I’ve acknowledged that. I’m not trying to say that capitalism is perfect. I know, it’s faaaaar from it. And that shit you’ve described is bad, and it needs to change. But implanting communism would just be exchanging one set of problems for another. I’d also like to point out that that’s quite an Americanized view of things, and changes could actually be made to stop or at the very least change what you described. But that can’t happen with communism, because then it wouldn’t be communism anymore. Why is it fair for the man who works his ass off to provide for his family to get the exact same as the bum down the street who’s homeless because he blew all his money on methamphetamines?
Actually, in full communism there would be no money or homelessness, no one would have to work their ass off to provide for their family, and there would be a great decrease in drug use since many people use drugs because of stress that is caused by oppressive systems (capitalism, racism, cissexism, etc). Now, when you say “changes could actually be made to stop or at the very least change what you described”, what you are talking about is liberalism or reformism. An example of reformism would be raising the minimum wage, giving workers more compensation for their labor so they can more easily afford everything they need in order to live. Instead of raising the minimum wage, communism gets rid of the concept of money in general, and as I said, no one has to work their ass off to provide for their family (or themselves). Now, I’m guessing your next question is “if no one has to work in order to live, why would anyone do any work?” Well, there was always people working in communal/non capitalist societies, so the idea that no one is going to want to work is just unfounded. The reason leftists want to abolish capitalism instead of implementing reforms is because we see capitalism as the root of all of these problems and think reforms are just bandaids (Keep in mind a lot of leftists do support raising the minimum wage. What I’m saying is that we don’t think that is the end solution.)
Except the problem is there can’t be any such thing as true communism. People who never be truly equal, and we need to accept that and do the best we can anyway instead of trying to make something that can’t happen a reality.
What do you mean that people can never be truly equal? What does true equality mean to you? And why do you think people can never be truly equal?
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