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quick reminder (lemmy.world)
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[–] -4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Communism meant that there were equal people and some more equal than others. If you have convinced the right people they got funds to do things. But it is highly burocratic and slow unless instructions come from above. Communism also meant that everyone capable of working must work so they made up many-many bullshit jobs where people just spend time.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Don't get why you're downvoted. Probably all the people who've never actually lived in communist states.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Very true of the criticisms of the USSR, to be sure. What you have to remember is that the USSR had a Marxist-Leninist vanguard party system implementing the so-called "dictatorship of the proletariat" in order to, at some point in the future, achieve "true" communism. The USSR was intended more as a transition phase than a permanent form of government & economy. For many reasons, it did not work out.

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