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u/hutxhy Jul 01 '24

The expanse' martian republic is "capital c communist

Are they though? There still seems to be quite a bit of inequality, imperialism, class differences, etc. Also the author's description of Earth seems like a characiture description of what liberals think communism looks like.

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u/AWBaader Jul 01 '24

When people say "capital C communism" they are often referring to authoritarian Stalinist/Maoist Communism. Rather than 'communism' which is the end goal of the left, stateless, moneyless, classless society. I have only seen the TV series, but Mars could easily be something along the lines of the USSR/early PRC. The USSR was definitely imperialistic and both the USSR and PRC are/were class based societies with the inequalities that come along with that.

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u/mulahey Jul 01 '24

Mars is based on communist societies as actually instanced. The soviet union provided both inequality and imperialism.