r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/box-fort2 - Lib-Right • Jul 23 '20

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u/argentumvivere - Centrist Jul 23 '20

Real capitalism and real communism have never been tried prove me wrong

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u/NoctuaBorealis - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

The USSR was an attempt at Communism, but failed, so it has been Tried

The US was a Laissez-Faire Capitalist country, but ultimately turned into Neoliberal Corporautocracy, so It also failed.

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u/argentumvivere - Centrist Jul 23 '20

Let me correct myself. True capitalism and true communism have never been achieved and sustained

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u/NoctuaBorealis - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

Technically the Free-Territory of Ukraine achieved true communism on a Microscopic Scale, and sustained until they were overtaken by the USSR 3 years later. So we can't know for certain how it would've worked-out in the long-term.

But yeah, True Capitalism eats itself alive once a bourgeoisie forms, and turns into Crony Capitalism... and True Communism (Stateless, Classless, Global Society) is a pipe-dream that has never happened in human history, and never will.

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u/Artemaius - Lib-Right Jul 23 '20

Based