MelianPretext [they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoThe CIA proving the necessity of China's Great Firewall once againhexbear.netimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10
arrow-up1213arrow-down1imageThe CIA proving the necessity of China's Great Firewall once againhexbear.netMelianPretext [they/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·8 months agoHow much of the so-called “authoritarianism” of communism would cease to exist if capitalism simply…allowed other economic systems to coexist?
minus-squareGreenleaf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoIt can’t though. It’s in the nature of capitalism to squeeze out any other mode of production. Even without overt sabotage. It’s like how it’s almost impossible for a developing nation to industrialize unless they basically ban imports.
How much of the so-called “authoritarianism” of communism would cease to exist if capitalism simply…allowed other economic systems to coexist?
It can’t though. It’s in the nature of capitalism to squeeze out any other mode of production. Even without overt sabotage. It’s like how it’s almost impossible for a developing nation to industrialize unless they basically ban imports.