The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agoCommunism in theory vs in practicelemmy.mlimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down161cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.worldsocialism@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1907arrow-down1imageCommunism in theory vs in practicelemmy.mlThe Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agomessage-square176fedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.worldsocialism@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRandomPrivacyGuy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down17·edit-26 hours agoYeah, I remember how my grandfather and everyone he knew fought tooth and nail just to stop America from dismantling communism in eastern Europe! Oh, wait, he didn’t. Everyone celebrated when it fell.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·5 hours agoAnd then 7 million people died, and most people feel they were better off under Socialism and wished it continued.
minus-squareErander@lemm.eelinkfedilinklietuvių kalbaarrow-up8arrow-down6·8 hours agoBecause no one who experienced it thought hmm is briliant, yeh nah, socialist policies are needed but not any form of totalitarian communism
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·5 hours agoMost people actually preferred Socialism over modern Capitalism in post-Soviet states. Socialism works better than Capitalism, and was more democratic.
Yeah, I remember how my grandfather and everyone he knew fought tooth and nail just to stop America from dismantling communism in eastern Europe!
Oh, wait, he didn’t. Everyone celebrated when it fell.
And then 7 million people died, and most people feel they were better off under Socialism and wished it continued.
Because no one who experienced it thought hmm is briliant, yeh nah, socialist policies are needed but not any form of totalitarian communism
Most people actually preferred Socialism over modern Capitalism in post-Soviet states. Socialism works better than Capitalism, and was more democratic.