Sure thing Cap’n - first thing in the morning I’ll be going around knocking on doors to try to find Soviet, Chinese and Cuban workers to ask them about their opinions.
Grow the fuck up, but read a book or two first.
So, socialism doesn’t exist according to your definition since nowhere on this planet workers control shit.
Ask former Soviet workers, Chinese workers, Cuban workers, North Korean workers and Vietnamese workers how much control on production they have.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I’ve been to cuba, most I talked to described it as a censorship filled shithole, but that’s over 10 years ago now anyway.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yea it’s less than wonderful. You’ll have some places that are beautiful and flourishing right next to a place that’s barely standing. The paint, building materials, etc gets divvied out based on bribes to the govt.
Cuba pretty much sucks.
kayazere@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Yes you are correct in that real socialism was never implemented.
Socialism is when workers control the means of production and the surplus generated from their work.
When the government controls these things, like with communism, it’s state capitalism.
tartarin@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Thanks, so the nearest thing to socialism is what Trump is doing, being elected by workers, trying to intervene into businesses using the government power to make them adopt his own views even if detrimental to the businesses themselves. Protectionism isn’t a right wing policy, it’s a left wing policy. Usually, the right wing is favorable to free markets and free trade and low level of government involvement into businesses.
Frankly, the Republicans should be horrified by these policies and the direction this administration is heading to.