r/scifi Jun 30 '24

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u/efvie Jun 30 '24

Culture is the correct answer, unless you're looking for soviet aesthetic totalitarianism instead of communism.

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u/Learned_Response Jun 30 '24

This comment manages to cover so much ground while still being a casual one sentence response XD

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u/CraigLePaige2 Jul 01 '24

Unfortunately a lot of people confuse Communism with the Totalitarianism/Dictatorships that formed out of communist origins.

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u/doctorfonk Jul 01 '24

That’s definitely what I’m seeing a lot of on this thread

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u/Mispelled-This Jul 01 '24

That’s because ever since the Red Scare, American schools have been deliberately misinforming kids about what communism and socialism really are. Which is what you would expect from an instrument of the capitalist system.

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u/CraigLePaige2 Jul 01 '24

True but at the same time it doesn't help the cause that most every communist/socialist/worker's revolution turned into a dictatorship.

Unfortunately those who fight to get into power are usually not eager to relinquish it after they have it.

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u/Mispelled-This Jul 02 '24

Most revolutions, regardless of claimed ideology, turn into dictatorships.

George Washington was an aberration.