Comment on One of capitalisms biggest tragedies

• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean that if your argument is communism, let’s talk about the real world one, not the ideal one that doesn’t exist and will never actually be put into practice. Because comparing a real, existing system against an idea is unfair. So either let’s compare real communism with real capitalism, or let’s compare the idea of capitalism with the idea of communism.

  As I said, capitalism sucks, but I’m tired of people making comparisons between the real, actually used capitalism and some made up version of communism.

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  • Micromot@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Real existing forms of socialism kind of solve the problem by offering free education and programs to support poorer individuals so they can participate in society and enjoy their lives. There isn’t a fully democratic socialist country yet but having parts of socialism already kind of solves these issues.

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    • udon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IIRC, in former east Germany you couldn’t just study whatever you want (topic of this entire post). If you’re parents went to uni, you can’t. Oversimplified, because of course there were options if you were part of the party, but I’m not sure that strengthens the point.

      I don’t know how that worked in Russia.

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      • Micromot@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The GDR was way too authoritative and I don’t really know about russia either. I was tlaking about modern day germany

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  • irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Again, all things are only “made up” until put into practice.

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is your position really to put words in my mouth? If you rephrase it, I’ll answer.

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      • irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you object to trying ideas simply because they are ideas? Understand that this thinking is anti-progress.

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