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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If everything is shared under communism, that would include political power. thus (imo) communism is a direct democracy.

Edit: forgot what thread I was in. What the hell does communism have to do with US authoritarianism?

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Ideal communism is what you described. Not communism in practice

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but humans are awful animals and true communism is a pipe dream.

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The awful ones are awful. They're allowed to take power in the current system. We have awful rulers and the awful people who support them. We need only be aware of this phenomenon to mitigate it. Your solution appears to be not accepting possible solutions, which is just inaction. How does inaction stop awful people from destroying the planet?

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They've been allowed to take power in basically every system that has ever existed. The entirety of human history is a showcase of the fact.

Sure, we might be able to be better on small scales, but there's a reason communism has never worked, and will never work on a large scale.

It looks great on paper, but not so much in practice. There's always going to be evil people who are only interested in personal gain at the expense of others who are charismatic enough to dupe the population into letting them and participate in the committing of atrocities.

Humans are just too easy to corrupt. I think it'll likely be our Great Filter.