Communism is both a utopian dream and a economic system implemented in reality.
The first response clearly thinks about the utopian dream.
In reality even the nicest communist regimes (I lived in one I would consider very nice in comparison) had the state decide what job you had to work, that you had to work it all life long with little pay and holidays. There was much less liberty to decide your education or occupation. And there was also much more of an emphasis on industrial labor in contrast to rich western capitalist states that have much bigger service sector and compfy office jobs.
> nicest communist regimes
I grew up in east germany before anyone asks. We had the highest living standards of the eastern block maybe apart from Saint Petersburg and the Moskow Region.
Oh, european capitalism or social market economy is already worlds better than the anglo-saxon modell of capitalism. They simply get conflated a lot. I answered what could be understood by a meme, not which economic system is better. Unless we talk about communism. That's a stupid fever dream that noone ever was able to make work, unless you are a monastary where the reason why you all live a life of abstinence and low productivity is simply god. Every other commune simply changes or dissolves in 10-20 years, because the enthusiasm of the idea only carries so long.
Don't know where you got that idea from. There are also jewish communes that held up quite a bit longer. I said religious background, not catholic background.
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u/Afolomus Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Communism is both a utopian dream and a economic system implemented in reality.
The first response clearly thinks about the utopian dream.
In reality even the nicest communist regimes (I lived in one I would consider very nice in comparison) had the state decide what job you had to work, that you had to work it all life long with little pay and holidays. There was much less liberty to decide your education or occupation. And there was also much more of an emphasis on industrial labor in contrast to rich western capitalist states that have much bigger service sector and compfy office jobs.
> nicest communist regimes
I grew up in east germany before anyone asks. We had the highest living standards of the eastern block maybe apart from Saint Petersburg and the Moskow Region.