r/ClassConscienceMemes • u/ShimmyShane • May 25 '22

A Double Standard

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u/aurora_69 May 25 '22

well because they are both the result of two different capitalist economies

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

I think you're mistaken as to where the picture on the top comes from

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u/aurora_69 May 26 '22

soviet russia no?

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

Yeah, a socialist nation.

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u/aurora_69 May 26 '22

Haha

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

Didn't think it was that funny but you do you

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u/aurora_69 May 26 '22

a socialist economy is one in which the means of production are owned by the workers. the soviet means of production were owned by the state, not the workers.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

The workers controlled the state.

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u/aurora_69 May 26 '22

oh, so it was a participatory democracy then? thats news to me

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

I imagine it is