• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    01 year ago

    state adopts communism

    But no state has actually adopted communism. Communism as a basis of an economy requires communal ownership of all goods; not state ownership, but communal. Which country has ever done that?

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            01 year ago

            No it cannot, that’s not communism. China is as communist as North Korea is democratic. Just because a country calls itself something does not make it that thing.

            • @[email protected]OPM
              link
              fedilink
              English
              4
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              Countries can have multiple different systems in place. China for example, is an authoritarian communist state.

              • @[email protected]
                link
                fedilink
                English
                -11 year ago

                Communism by definition cannot be authoritarian. So no, China is not an authoritarian communist state, it’s just a an authoritarian state.

                The only way for China to be communist is to give all people direct communal ownership of goods and services.

                • @[email protected]OPM
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  01 year ago

                  Communism can be authoritarian, though, as it has been in history.

                  What’s your basis for this definition?

                  • @[email protected]
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    -21 year ago

                    No it cannot because communism by definition must be a classless society. If there is a group above others that controls the state, it is no longer classless, and therefore not communist.

                    And you know, the name derives from communal, so no communal ownership = no communism.

    • @SuddenlyBlowGreen
      link
      English
      31 year ago

      Okay, so when a country tries to adopt communism, if that makes you happy.

      You’re proving my point though.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        21 year ago

        None of them even tried to adopt communism, they all tried to adopt authoritarianism, using the word communism to garner support to get elected. Communism is a class-free society with communal ownership, no country has ever tried to be that.