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[–] rockstarpirate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I get you. But it’s important to realize that we’re talking about much more than a handful of attempts. I see the value in learning from history and iterating on processes to try and get better over time. But if we’re honestly striving for the best system for humanity, what we shouldn’t do is say, “I really want it to be communism so let’s just assume that must be the right answer and keep trying it over and over again until it works.” At some point you do have to be willing to try something new.

It’s my opinion that communism has had more than a fair shot and has been eliminated from the running. But I am also not so crazy as to immediately disregard some new communist paradigm that theoretically works in some new way that is designed to fix the problems that continually appeared in communist systems historically. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen it presented yet. And it’s also not what these “western teenagers” (as the meme calls them) are advocating for. They use language and symbols characteristic of very specific brands of communism that were massive historical failures in terms of preserving human rights and eliminating poverty and class divisions.

[–] Atheran@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree about the part of enough attempts and fair share, but honestly, I don't care much. Could very well be something completely different and as long as it kept the basis of no inequality, no ruling elite, free education and medical care and so on, I'd be in. I just haven't found anything that does that even half convincingly.

My belief is that similar to how back in the 18th century, they couldn't see past the following system, namely capitalism, we can't see and plan for past a classless system now, which for the moment is communism, regardless of the path there. That doesn't mean that societal evolution will stop there.

[–] rockstarpirate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

At least we are disagreeing respectfully :)