• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    A communist utopia can only be achieved by despotic dictators willingly giving up power. The capitalist utopia (which has nothing to do with trickle down economics and more to do with everyone having perfect information) is not any less likely than that.

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      20 hours ago

      If you actually look at the history of socialist states, you will see heads of party & state giving up their power in many cases. They’re not all despotic dictators like western-capitalist propaganda will have you believe, there are noticeable differences in different societies and historic periods.

      And actually, capitalist utopia is not possible without some form of “trickle-down economics”. Even if everyone had perfect information, by preserving private property on means of production you are ensuring that some people will accumulate more wealth than others, leading to an exponentially growing power imbalance. Only by believing that the “brave entrepreneurs” will share their wealth with their workers can you believe in a capitalist utopia.

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        15 hours ago

        the history of socialist states

        Right, socialist states. We’re talking communist states here.

        Conflating the two along with your obvious ignorance of the pure capitalist utopia myth makes further conversation pointless.