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Can someone debunk the stupid “communism only works on paper” argument? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Beam@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I vaguely remember a user debunking this claim but I cannot find that comment and I don’t remember what post it was on.

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[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a silly argument because it’s basically unfalsifiable. You could lay out the most rational argument for communism and it wouldn’t matter because it’s all just words on paper. It also just kind of ignores the fact that plenty of communist theory has yet to be written. We have to go through a scientific process of experimentation to figure out how to build it. We can hypothesize about how it could work but none of that is set in stone.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Also ignores the fact that the person parroting that quote is not educated on the subject at all.