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Ex-fascists of lemmy, what made you escape the alt-right pipeline? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Communist leaders categorically are not random ass rich people, they're elected representatives. You're still the one who made the claim about the DPRK which was not mentioned in the original comment.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    True, I stand corrected. Obviously the leaders of the DPRK are elected and not rich compared to the rest of the country. Your evidence is overwhelming.

    There's a difference between "true" communism or leaders claiming to be communist but actually being oligarchs.

    In my opinion "true" communism is a great thing but never worked until this day. The thing is, capitalist countries would do anything against a successful communist country, as it threatens their narrative. The few promising ones (Cuba for example) were beaten into submission or undermined by secret agencies.

    I'm not saying communism is bad, but that the current "communist" leaders are also just random-ass rich people (or rather, rich people, but certainly not random). In my opinion, the leaders of a country shouldn't be rich. Actually, nobody should be extraordinarily rich, as wealth should be coupled to the amount of good a person brings to society, apart from universal basic income everyone should get, to live (not just exist).

    I despise the capitalist ruling class. Worst example is the USA where they just basically bought themselves a government, but the EU isn't much better with the rampant corruption and lobbyism.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Obviously the leaders of the DPRK are elected and not rich compared to the rest of the country

    2 separate questions. They are elected. Some or undoubtedly richer than average. Some are not.

    In my opinion “true” communism is a great thing but never worked until this day. The thing is, capitalist countries would do anything against a successful communist country, as it threatens their narrative. The few promising ones (Cuba for example) were beaten into submission or undermined by secret agencies.

    Likely not your fault but you clearly don't know or understand what socialism and communism actually means in reality.

    current “communist” leaders are also just random-ass rich people

    Except this is just nonsense. In China we have a flourishing democracy. Direct elections reach the township and county levels where voters choose deputies to local people’s congresses. These grassroots deputies constitute the overwhelming majority of all deputies nationwide. Advancement to higher levels requires proven service at lower rungs, ensuring every national deputy has worked up from local material conditions and remains accountable to the masses below. All 55 ethnic minorities hold guaranteed representation in the NPC. Farmers and labourers comprise roughly 15% of deputies while professionals and technical personnel make up the remainder.

    but the EU isn’t much better

    I don't know why you'd expect imperialist US client states to be better than their leader in any meaningful way.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    In China we have a flourishing democracy. Direct elections reach the township and county levels where voters choose deputies to local people’s congresses.

    Do you live in China?

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