MelianPretext [they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoThe CIA proving the necessity of China's Great Firewall once againhexbear.netimagemessage-square160linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10
arrow-up1213arrow-down1imageThe CIA proving the necessity of China's Great Firewall once againhexbear.netMelianPretext [they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square160linkfedilink
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·2 years agoHow much of the so-called “authoritarianism” of communism would cease to exist if capitalism simply…allowed other economic systems to coexist?
minus-squareGreenleaf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoIt can’t though. It’s in the nature of capitalism to squeeze out any other mode of production. Even without overt sabotage. It’s like how it’s almost impossible for a developing nation to industrialize unless they basically ban imports.
How much of the so-called “authoritarianism” of communism would cease to exist if capitalism simply…allowed other economic systems to coexist?
It can’t though. It’s in the nature of capitalism to squeeze out any other mode of production. Even without overt sabotage. It’s like how it’s almost impossible for a developing nation to industrialize unless they basically ban imports.