TRUE communism!
TRUE communism!
Cross-posted from "TRUE communism!" by @Muaddib@sopuli.xyz in !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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It's almost as if corrupt sociopaths are drawn to positions of authority regardless of stated values, and a vanguard party is no exception. Church, State, HOA, offer a crumb of power and bastards will say anything they can to snatch it up. The value of an organizational system has very little to do with its aspirations, and everything to do with the obstacles it erects to obstruct corruption. Build a dictatorship of the proletariat, and the proletariat will be abandoned by the dictatorship.
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This sums up my thoughts on human behavior quite nicely. I really want to believe "true communism" is possible but I just don't see how when power-hungry assholes exist. My thoughts are that it can only happen at small scales where you know everyone in your "tribe". It's far easier to oppress nameless strangers than it is to oppress Jenny with a heart condition a sick kid.
I'd be very interested in an honest answer about how this is handled from someone with more knowledge on communism.
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It's more that the user you replied to made a strawman of Marxist socialism.
First of all, "true" communism isn't a thing, there's no such thing as a pure system and to think of purity as a requirement is to make the perfect wonderland in out heads the enemy of flawed but real progressive movements.
Second of all, administration isn't inherently corrupting, nor is it impossible to have democracy and recall elections in case of bad actors, like socialist states have.
Finally, the Marxist conception of communism, as a post-socialist system, can only be global, as class is only abolished when all property is collectivized and planned. A small-scale society cannot be "stateless" in the Marxist sense (though anarchism can exist, it uses different definitions of the state).
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Well said!
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