I would also argue that we've yet to see 'actual' communism in action. The leaders you mentioned used the the promise of communism to appeal an aggrieved populace, but failed to implement it because actual functional communism, like any political ideology needs to emerge from a set of preconditions...And I believe that Marx even e…
I would also argue that we've yet to see 'actual' communism in action. The leaders you mentioned used the the promise of communism to appeal an aggrieved populace, but failed to implement it because actual functional communism, like any political ideology needs to emerge from a set of preconditions...And I believe that Marx even explicitly said that communism would come from the collapse of capitalist industrialism, a precondition that none of the countries that have TRIED communism had met...And final point...Any left wing POLITICAL ideology that is enforced using authoritarian right wing methods, ceases to be a 'left-wing' anything.
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I would also argue that we've yet to see 'actual' communism in action. The leaders you mentioned used the the promise of communism to appeal an aggrieved populace, but failed to implement it because actual functional communism, like any political ideology needs to emerge from a set of preconditions...And I believe that Marx even explicitly said that communism would come from the collapse of capitalist industrialism, a precondition that none of the countries that have TRIED communism had met...And final point...Any left wing POLITICAL ideology that is enforced using authoritarian right wing methods, ceases to be a 'left-wing' anything.