And of course it's only possible to either agree with the whole of a specific ideology, or none of it. There's no "good parts of communism" or "bad parts of capitalism" it's only ever all good or all bad.

Politics is the mind-killer.

[–] Spinnyl@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because the single only way to do communism is how the UdSSR did it, there's no other way.

It is, because one bad apple spoils the bunch if you don't send them to gulags. Communism on a large scale is not self stabilizing unless everyone is ideologically 100% onboard.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But sending people to gulags is not the only way to ensure ideological consistency.

[–] Spinnyl@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is. Education would not be sufficient for that unless you can program people with chips in their heads.

You then get a few people who produce something that is desirable and rare, start exchanging it for favors and you're on your way to a systemic collapse.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Is really the only punishment you can think of slavery?