Communism
Welcome to the communist Lemmy community! This is a community for all Marxist.
Edit: And in come the down votes! How about this? You can downvote me if you completely watch "the Chekist".
I stubbed my toe this morning, damn capitalism!
I'm not wrong, this sub just blames everything on capitalism, supports it all with slogans and cherry picked information, and everyone conveniently ignores how shit communism has worked out for the common folk since it's inception.
How about this? Anyone who wants to know about communism should first watch "the chekist", this sub would empty faster than Disney plus.
And yes, capitalism has loads of horrible issue that must (and can) be fixed, but everyone here conveniently ignores the simple fact that it's the biggest system because it's beyond by far the most successful system. Denying that is not wanting to look out of your window. Using your cell phone to write about denying that capitalism is successful is... crazy, really. Focus on fixing capititalism instead of dreaming about creating dictatorships, please?
Here's a hot take: Both systems are shit and we need something better to replace both.
I'm not saying I have the solution; just that what we have now isn't working very well.
That aside:
Democracy ≠ Capitalism, and Communism ≠ Dictatorship.
Those are four seprate terms that are not synonyms for each other. Just because people hate Capitalism does not mean they dream of a Dictatorship... Wanting to work together towards communal goals is not the same as wanting to be ruled by some King/Queen.
I agree that communism is not a dictatorship, but it does require one to get everyone in line.
I think the best way is a very well controlled capitalism with good taxation on the rich class to ensure you have a great and prosper economy and use the money for a great socialistic welfare system on top of that. Basically what the northwest European countries have. Add rules like "richest person should not surpass 10x the poorest person in wealth" or something oversimplified like that.