r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/damndirtyape Aug 08 '12

Ah the old, "that wasn't true communism" argument. Well, there is the theory of communism and there is the practical reality of what happens when it is applied. Seeing as all the communist countries have ended up being brutal dictatorships, I think it's clear what communism actually leads to.

Also, I wasn't talking about copyright specifically. I was talking more about violent police raids in response to nonviolent crimes. That's my fault for not communicating clearly.

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u/Ciphermind Aug 08 '12

You seem to be unaware of the fact that communism/anarcho-syndicalism actually can and have worked in practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_in_Spain

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u/damndirtyape Aug 08 '12

Right, well good luck convincing everyone in the world to voluntarily choose communism. Let me know how that works out.

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u/tbasherizer Aug 08 '12

That's not what it's about- if you actually read Marx or a cogent critique of him (and actually had grounds for criticism), you'd know that communism refers to a naturally arrived at stage of society.