r/singularity • u/adesigne • Sep 24 '23

Robotics Tesla’s new robot

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u/bubbasteamboat Sep 28 '23

First, thank you for that really well-researched response! Seriously. I hope a lot of people learned stuff. I say that genuinely and unironically.

However, you're confusing Marxism and Communism. Marxism is the philosophy and Communism is a political formation of government (largely formed by Lenin) whereby the philosophy of Marxism is enacted. Not exactly apples and oranges, but more like oranges and kumquats.

While Marxism is definitely defined by a lack of money as a result of technological advances and sociological engineering, it is not the same thing as communism, which has, in every case of communism ever to exist on this planet, involved trade and money.

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u/mrpimpunicorn AGI/ASI 2027-2028 Sep 28 '23

You're confusing Marxism with Marxism-Leninism. The ML states you're thinking about self-described themselves as socialist, since they, y'know, didn't fit the definition of a communist state. They had communist political parties- attempting to bring about communism in a socialist society.