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nicklebro posted...

MedeaLysistrata posted...

slave owners were capitalists

if capitalism gets a pass for that, why doesn't communism get a pass for its atrocities? it's almost as if political ideologies develop and grow and evolve along with the people that implement them

Its not about getting a pass for atrocities. Sure atrocities play a part, but I'm asking strictly about its viability. Capitalism is still alive and going strong, so you can't really compare that to say Communist Russia (or Stalinist Russia for the semantics Nazis) which was why I was asking.

Marxism hasn't grown and evolved along with the people that implemented it, so Idk what you're even trying to say, but I do now have you tagged as a Marxist.

a command economy is extremely viable, and as technology develops it becomes even more viable.

remember, socialism brought Russia to the status of an economic superpower in the period of a few decades. before that, it was a backwater agricultural country. Cuba developed one of the greatest healthcare systems in the world.

Marxism hasn't grown because it was virtually abandoned, and any country that tries to be socialist gets shit on by the global community. capitalism is bound to do better as it stands because the global system is set up for capitalism already.

also i'm not a 'marxist', i just think command economies aren't given their due.
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