• hartgekochteeier@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Communism does the same but brainwashes you into believing everyone gets their fair share and there’s no loss of wealth for ordinary working people.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      Historically that’s not true.

      1. “Brainwashing” as a concept does not exist. People license themselves to accept whatever they think is useful to them. See “Brainwashing” and Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of “Brainwashing.”

      2. Historically, living standards in Socialist countries governed by Communist parties most dramatically improved for the working class, and in a manner quantitatively different from Capitalist production. See the USSR, as an example:

      Or see the PRC’s eradication of poverty and increase in income by generation, compared to the US: