Lisnaholic |
03-28-2017 10:41 AM |
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Originally Posted by elphenor
(Post 1817283)
As far as Cuba:
Prior to Communism things were actually worse in Cuba
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^ This is true, I believe, and it's also arguable that some post-communist countries have become worse; maybe Russia, definitely Yugoslavia.
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Originally Posted by Anteater
(Post 1817277)
Nice ideal...but again, doesn't work at scale. Human nature gets in the way. Communism in general only works (if at all) at a community level. Once you hit any real point of scalability, you end up with failed states not all that dissimilar to former Russia or Cuba.
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^ But Anteater is right too about the problem of scale. The enthusiasm and efficiency for communism seems to diminish the more widely it is applied, and of course there is a big difference in attitude between communism that your group has chosen, and communism that is imposed on you from elsewhere.
Incidently, an under-used example of a long-term, successful communistic project is the Israeli social experiment of the kibutz. These have been running for generations and are a model of uncorrupted communism afaik.
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