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[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (98 children)

Any ~~current~~ real-life examples of "communism good"?

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (33 children)

It's been democratically instituted many times. And every time America marches in and "liberates" them.

It's difficult to provide good examples when they're all actively destroyed.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cuba. Cuba has the most educated population in North America, more doctors per capita then almost any other nation. The only reason they're struggling is because America's embargo. They want stuff too.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Mostly this, although Vietnam is doing quite well, especially considering their circumstances.

Cuba is also really interesting...not thriving, to be sure, but you have to end the US blockade before you blame them for their own hardships. And in spite of everything, they have democracy like we've never seen in the west.

Edit: also what beejboytyson said about Cuba.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The US dropped more napalm, and bombs, and agent orange on vietnam (a comparatively small country) than it did during all of WW2. Lots of its people are still suffering from this atrocity.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sadly true. And most people aren't aware that they did pretty much the same thing to Laos, who they weren't even at war with. They just carpet bombed the whole country, "just in case."

Fuck the USA. They're literally the evil empire from star wars.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It's so funny that george lucas was like: "the rebels are the vietnamese communists, and the empire is the USA (its soldiers the storm troopers)" and somehow a lot of modern star wars fans are extremely pro-US, and never connect the dots.

IMO the biggest critique of star wars, its that lucas didn't focus at all on the lives of the stormtruppen, and force its audience in the imperial core to look in the mirror, at their values, their chauvinist culture, their pro-war ideology and news media.

Still gotta keep blaming the rebels for all the world's problems.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago (8 children)

If you ever been to a commune where people share food, resources, bills. They go under the radar.

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[–] save_the_humans@leminal.space 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Open source software is like communism. Held in commons, free to use, contribute to, and benefit from.

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