Every single communist country in the entire history of the world has collapsed under the weight of either severe poverty, debt, or corruption
Communism facts:
-Every single communist country in the entire history of the world has collapsed under the weight of either severe poverty, debt, or corruption
-On a visit to the US on a diplomatic trip, Boris Yeltsen, then Prime Minister of Soviet Russia, visited American grocery stores and remarked that he was impressed by the plentiness of options and sheer volume of available food, a stark contrast to a Russian store of the time which only had the most basic staples, if it had anything at all to begin with. He is quoted to even go so far as to say "I was overcome with grief for the Russian people. That we are supposedly a rich nation, but our people only know such poverty."
-People still work in communist nations! Only now, instead of working a job of their choosing to earn money for themselves and rise to success, they are pressed into factories to produce goods for the party, and earn only enough money to survive, if the country isn't decrepit enough to only pay in ration stamps yet.
-In capitalist nations, there is the possibility of something called "upward mobility". This concept is essentially: If you are smart enough and work your way up the ladder, you can elevate yourself into a higher class of society. Upward mobility is notoriously lacking in communist nations unless you are lucky enough to be connected with a high ranking party member.
-People in the USSR did not have color television until the 90s. The lucky few who could afford vehicles drove cars that were made before the end of World War 2.
-The total body count of every communist nation atrocity more than doubles the deaths of the Holocaust, and that's only the confirmed numbers.
-China, a communist nation, is responsible for more pollution than the USA, UK, and Japan combined.
-China, a communist nation, is trying to take over Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan, and South Korea. That sounds like imperialism to me!
-In The USSR, party members were afforded luxuries that the common man was outright banned from possessing. Including modern foreign technology, large sprawling estates, fleets of vehicles, gun ownership.
There is a reason why things cost money. Unless you want to say that the hard, toiling labor of people like my late grandfather, a farmer for most of his life, is worth nothing more than your gratitude and the gratitude of "the party", I suggest you learn that reason real fast.
Capitalism is not perfect. There are problems. But you know whats fun about it as well?
When there are things a company is doing that you find wrong, you can exercise your power as the consumer to force them to change. All by simply not giving said company your custom.
You can complain about how Amazon treats its workers, or you can actively avoid buying from them at all cost.
You can complain about how Apple sells outdated, featureless technology at high premiums, or, you can actively avoid buying from them at all cost.
Do something about these problems instead of creating worse ones for the people.
absolutely false- the PRC, DPRK, Vietnam, and Cuba are all still kicking and communist. all of them doing far better at handling covid than the USA or most European countries, i might add. Nepal went communist not too long ago too. China is closing the gap between itself and the USA in terms of GDP too:
On a visit to the US on a diplomatic trip, Boris Yeltsen, then Prime Minister of Soviet Russia, visited American grocery stores and remarked that he was impressed by the plentiness of options and sheer volume of available food, a stark contrast to a Russian store of the time which only had the most basic staples, if it had anything at all to begin with. He is quoted to even go so far as to say “I was overcome with grief for the Russian people. That we are supposedly a rich nation, but our people only know such poverty.”
first, it’s “Boris Yeltsin.” second, when he was prime minister russia was no longer communist. third, i searched that quote and only found results from tumblr, most if not all from this very thread. i’m inclined to believe you simply made the quote up.
In capitalist nations, there is the possibility of something called “upward mobility”. This concept is essentially: If you are smart enough and work your way up the ladder, you can elevate yourself into a higher class of society.
i think what you mean is that in capitalist nations there’s a lie of upward mobility which is used to placate people- an illusory carrot paired with the stick of joblessness, homelessness, and destitution. interestingly communist counries are the only ones who have successfully implemented job guarantees and universal housing. funny.
People in the USSR did not have color television until the 90s.
outright false. [link]
The total body count of every communist nation atrocity more than doubles the deaths of the Holocaust, and that’s only the confirmed numbers.
coming from the absurd arithmetic of groups like the Victims of Communist Memorial Foundation, which includes nazi soldiers, people who died of natural disasters like famines (ignoring the more frequent famines which occurred before the revolution), and, most recently, everyone in the world who died of covid (because it started in china, you see). but hey, anticommunists will do anything to downplay the holocaust, right?
China, a communist nation, is responsible for more pollution than the USA, UK, and Japan combined.
check the numbers per capita and then get back to me.
yeah no shit a country with a population that size is going to produce more pollution if you don’t adjust for population size dumbass.
Capitalism is not perfect. There are problems. But you know whats fun about it as well?
When there are things a company is doing that you find wrong, you can exercise your power as the consumer to force them to change. All by simply not giving said company your custom.
wow it’s going great. so much freedom of choice.
i think i’ve covered most of your claims here- if there’s anything i’ve missed, well, i’d like you to provide a source to back it up first, especially given that you’re so blatantly dishonest as to have apparently fabricated a Boris Yeltsin quote entirely, in addition to falsely claiming Russia was Soviet when he was prime minister and getting his name wrong.