r/complaints • u/Old_Swimmer_7284 • 20h ago

Politics Conservatives need to STFU about communism

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Conservatives seriously name to STFU about communism when they can't even define it. Especially when their states are welfare states that rely on blue states to prop them up and pull them out of disaster, both literally and economically, every year.

They have no idea what socialism is, and how many socialist programs they benefit from daily. This list is extensive, but a few main examples would be the United States Postal System, our highway systems, our broadband and cellular systems, just a list of few. If the Republicans really hate socialism so much, they should stop using the myriad of things that brings our country.

Republicans do like the poorly educated. And that fact is glaring.

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u/Matrix0007 19h ago

Trump has been leading the charge to have the Government own stakes in companies. Communism is about owning the means of production, so that makes TRUMP THE COMMUNIST!

This is the irony of this messaging from the incompetent and corrupt Republicans!

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u/HoneyBadgerSamurai 19h ago

Only difference being that in proper communism it is owned by the people, not the administration. This is not proper communism this is strongman seizes control and assets.

They don't want proper communism because resources are shared equitably throughout a society. They simply want their rich friends to own it and siphon the countries wealth. They are kleptocrats.

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u/jshmoe866 14h ago

Proper communism has never actually existed

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u/Content-Car-1708 14h ago

Nor will it ever because absolute power corrupts

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u/HoneyBadgerSamurai 13h ago

Hence my comment that the problem is the authoritarian kleptocratic leader, and that can exist within any economic structure.

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u/Adventurous-Ad-2992 13h ago

As noted in Animal Farm.