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?

  • Noble Shift@lemmy.world
    412·
    5 hours ago

    Because Communism only works on paper. (lolol idiots can down vote me to Hell) Name ONE country communism has worked in.

    Just one.

    [Double Plus Edit] Just a single one. I’m still waiting. Now. Still. Now. Still.

      • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
        41·
        9 hours ago

        Neither of those things are true.

        According to Wikipedia USA life expectancy is 79.3, Cuba is 78.1

        Ranking higher education is much trickier but pretty much every list I could find puts USA right at the top. American higher education institutions are world class and remains probably America’s biggest competitive advantage (i.e. brain drain).

        Also Cuba probably isn’t the best example to rebut the “why does communism always turn into a dictatorship” question.

      • Noble Shift@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 hours ago

        I’ve been to Cuba several times. You can call it communism, but it’s not. For Christ’s sake the Cubans were doing Air BnB during Darpanet, when they didn’t even have phones. I’ve only stayed in a hotel there once, my 1st time there 30 years ago.

        They live under a hybrid system of dictatorship, capitalism, communism.

        Get out of the basement and go see some of these places. Your book smarts aren’t.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
      52·
      11 hours ago

      Is “working” a sliding goalpost for you, or can you define it? You made the claim that Communism only works on paper and are asking people to disprove your claim, rather than substantiate your claim yourself. Surely you can see why others find your comment unproductive, correct?