• Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    This is funny how close it seems to me.

    Just from the absolute basic like 8th grade deffinition of government systems I thought “gee that communism one actually seems like it makes a lot of sense but that’s clearly just what edgy teenagers say for attention, there’s gotta be a downside I’m not seeing”

    And then everything I read about the downsides of communism was stuff like “people are greedy so they’ll missuse the system tonget more money and power, which is why we made a system that just encourages that behavior”

    The propoganda that communism was an unserious form of government had already subconsciously worked it’s way in when I was like 13, fortunately all the following arguments about why capitalism was better were pretty obviously bullshit even back then.

    • bazingabrain [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      “people are greedy so they’ll missuse the system tonget more money and power, which is why we made a system that just encourages that behavior”

      my reaction when someone says this: SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP lenin-rage

      • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        That’s the internal reaction but it’s funny to watch them get defensive when you say “wow I’m not like that that’s crazy you would willingly admit your a selfish asshole and assume everybody else is just as bad”

    • Mokey [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      that’s what got me to, but i never made the conclusion that a system that encourages that behavior is good or better. i don’t think i even acknowledged that aspect, i just decided that the world sucks