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| ▲ | GMoromisato 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I would love to hear an example of a successful communist state. You can even restrict it to a limited period in time (USSR 1959-1968 or something). I promise that I will not try to discredit your answer. I'm just curious what people think. But if you come back with "the communism I have in mind hasn't been tried yet" then I will definitely make fun of your answer. |
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| ▲ | gacgacgac 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | What is your rubric for successful? And does it shift if that state was the target of wars of aggression or embargoes? | | |
| ▲ | GMoromisato 32 minutes ago | parent [-] | | My rubric is irrelevant--I promised I wouldn't try to argue against whatever countries got named. I'm just curious what people consider a successful communist country. |
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| ▲ | Stevvo 29 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | China claims to be building a successful communist state. The argument goes that you need to have wealth first before you can redistribute it, and China is currently in the wealth-building phase of achieving communism. |
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| ▲ | krapp 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| The end goal of communism is supposed to be the elimination of government - a stateless, classless and functionally anarchist society. Unsurprisingly no state which ever implemented communism ever took that part seriously. |
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| ▲ | gacgacgac 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | This is the end goal of one form of communism, but certainly not the end goal of communism. Many communists want a strong state and see a single party as desirable. | |
| ▲ | epolanski 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | There's many different communist philosophies. |
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