Don’t tell all the tankies.
It is authoritarian. Communist system devolve to authoritarianism because it is a natural progression (easy to do). Socialists can, but a good democratic political structure makes it harder.
13igTyme@lemmy.world 1 week ago
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Apparently capitalist systems devolve into authoritarianism; as evidenced by living in 2025.
Miaou@jlai.lu 1 week ago
… Or as shown by the west for the past 150+ years
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Are most people in “the west” worse off today than they were 150 years ago? Are there fewer well functioning democracies than there were then? Has no minority group seen any improvement in their freedom? Has there been no improvement in how people interact with each other? No improvement in poverty?
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, of course. Capitalism is an economic framework. A good political framework is needed, just like i said for socialism. This is a failure of the U.S. political implementation not of capitalism as a system of commerce. I would never say capitalism is the answer to all social ills. Your statement feels like a way to say I am wrong, so if I misunderstood, sorry.