• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Communism only works on paper because it assumes that the people in power are going to just happily share everything equally. Humans don’t work that way, we’re selfish, greedy, and will hurt others to get ahead. There is no difference between a capitalist and communist leader. They both live better, eat better, make more money. There’s no equality there

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      1 year ago

      Humans do work that way. In the wake of disaster, and tragedy, and scarcity, we see people sharing resources and helping each other.

      It’s the sociopaths who seek power that don’t work that way. The biggest success of capitalism is that the sociopaths have normalized their behavior and cast kindness as a flaw or disorder.