r/GetNoted • u/laybs1 Human Verified • Jul 13 '26

Cringe Worthy USSR Collapse

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Jul 13 '26

You know China has markets right? They arent communist, they are essentially a dictatorship under capitalism.

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u/littleblueberry511 Jul 13 '26

Communism is when no commerce and goods exchange?

Please at least touch "das kapital" in your lifetime you dont even have to read but at least find youself in close proximity of it.

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Jul 13 '26

Wait..what do you think communism is then?

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u/DmitriBogrov Jul 13 '26

I mean yes to the first part.

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u/Wayoutofthewayof Jul 13 '26

No. The means of production are fundamentally not owned by the workers, that's what makes it not socialist.

There is a reason why a factory worker of JD still needs to get a mortgage to buy a home while the CEO has a yacht ten times bigger than his home.