It feels to me you’re supposing a lot of stuff on top of the few words I wrote, and you started polarising the discussion.
I grown up in a communist family and I felt like for many years of my life, despite living in a democratic land. I’m quite far away from the capiralistic supporter you may think I am.
Let me understand. Do you think Russia, NK, Cambodia, Kuba, PRC, Vietnam and so on are/were good place to live in? Do you live in one of those places?
The very fact that you contrast Communism with Democracy, when Communism is democratic, is why it’s hard to take anything you’re saying seriously. Either you’re trying to critique Communism but haven’t actually done the critiquing so it just appears to be nonsense, or you legitimately don’t know that Communism is democratic. Neither give me much to work with.
To answer your question:
The Russian Federation is Capitalist, and thus irrelevant
The USSR was Socialist, and was better to live in than post-Soviet or pre-Soviet Russia.
The DPRK is Socialist, and is under an incredibly brutal trade embargo, and has had to recover from US attempts at genocide via destroying 80% of buildings and killing millions.
Cambodia was never really Socialist, its Quasi-Socialism under Pol Pot is divorced from any actual Marxist analysis and Pol Pot was supported by the US.
Cuba is, like the DPRK, under a brutal trade embargo and under constant pressure from thr United States. Despite that, key metrics like Life Expectancy are higher than neighboring Capitalist countries that aren’t closed off from the rest of the world.
The PRC is Socialist, and out of all of these countries is the one I would most like to live in. I am very bullish on the PRC continuing to make great strides in quality of life, and will soon become the de facto world power.
Vietnam is pretty cool, from my understanding. Socialism has been tremendously beneficial to the Vietnamese, and overthrowing French Colonialism was a massive step forward.
I live in the US Empire, and I understand that I live in the most Imperialist country on the planet. I want the Empire to fall, and to work towards more even development and industrialization along cooperative lines.
It feels to me you’re supposing a lot of stuff on top of the few words I wrote, and you started polarising the discussion.
I grown up in a communist family and I felt like for many years of my life, despite living in a democratic land. I’m quite far away from the capiralistic supporter you may think I am.
Let me understand. Do you think Russia, NK, Cambodia, Kuba, PRC, Vietnam and so on are/were good place to live in? Do you live in one of those places?
I responded to what you wrote, nothing more.
The very fact that you contrast Communism with Democracy, when Communism is democratic, is why it’s hard to take anything you’re saying seriously. Either you’re trying to critique Communism but haven’t actually done the critiquing so it just appears to be nonsense, or you legitimately don’t know that Communism is democratic. Neither give me much to work with.
To answer your question:
The Russian Federation is Capitalist, and thus irrelevant
The USSR was Socialist, and was better to live in than post-Soviet or pre-Soviet Russia.
The DPRK is Socialist, and is under an incredibly brutal trade embargo, and has had to recover from US attempts at genocide via destroying 80% of buildings and killing millions.
Cambodia was never really Socialist, its Quasi-Socialism under Pol Pot is divorced from any actual Marxist analysis and Pol Pot was supported by the US.
Cuba is, like the DPRK, under a brutal trade embargo and under constant pressure from thr United States. Despite that, key metrics like Life Expectancy are higher than neighboring Capitalist countries that aren’t closed off from the rest of the world.
The PRC is Socialist, and out of all of these countries is the one I would most like to live in. I am very bullish on the PRC continuing to make great strides in quality of life, and will soon become the de facto world power.
Vietnam is pretty cool, from my understanding. Socialism has been tremendously beneficial to the Vietnamese, and overthrowing French Colonialism was a massive step forward.
I live in the US Empire, and I understand that I live in the most Imperialist country on the planet. I want the Empire to fall, and to work towards more even development and industrialization along cooperative lines.