Afaik this happened with every single instance of a communist country. Communism seems like a pretty good idea on the surface, but then why does it always become autocratic?

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    The road to autocracy is paved with people who meet every criticism of the system with, “But look at how bad this other system is!”

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      It’s really not. It’s mostly nepotism and reproducing the an untouchable ruling class that creates an autocracy. Put simply; when one system goes too far into autocracy, you should entertain the values of another system.

      Condemning that is approving of the current autocrats. But perhaps you’re a particular fan of Trump/Musk.

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        It’s really not.

        It really is.

        It’s mostly nepotism and reproducing the an untouchable ruling class that creates an autocracy.

        And all along the way, people protecting the budding autocracy from criticism by diverting attention to the faults of some other system in some other place and/or time.

        Put simply; when one system goes too far into autocracy, you should entertain the values of another system.

        Um… sure. But that’s neither what you were doing nor what I was criticizing, so it’s not relevant.

        Condemning that is approving of the current autocrats.

        So… condemning people trying to shift attention away from the current autocrats by bitching about some totally different aurocrats is protecting the current autocrats?

        Are you even trying to make sense any more, or are you just desperately stringing together random claims?

        But perhaps you’re a particular fan of Trump/Musk.

        Just desperately stringing together random claims. Got it.