• Veraxus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I see you moved the goal post to a different field.

    If you want to criticize the specifics of Marx/Engels proposals, that is very different than - whether by ignorance or malice - outright lying about them.

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t say anything about Marx or Engels. I talked about communism.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t say anything about Marx or Engels. I talked about communism.

        Oh dear. 🤦🏽

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            Ok, let me spell this out…

            1. Marx and Engels created the concept of Communism. They carefully defined it.

            2. No nation in the history of the world has come close to meeting the criteria/definition of Communism.

            3. You cannot pick a Communist nation because not one has ever existed. Literally. By definition.

            A dictator who lies about their dictatorship is still a dictator, just as a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf.

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              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

              Since communism has proven to be impossible to implement and every attempt has resulted in brutal authoritarian regimes, we can either say communism is an incoherent mess of a utopian ideology which can’t exist, or an ideology that de facto endorses brutal authoritarianism. Dealer’s choice

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                1 year ago

                Other than not understanding how logical fallacies work, you’ve almost got it. Keep at it and I’m sure you’ll get there, eventually.

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                  1 year ago

                  And there’s the smug arrogance

                  “That’s not real communism! Nothing is real communism!” Hahahahahahaha

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                    Once you’ve read some Marx, Engels, and maybe even Lenin - you can come back here and criticize the actual ideas and arguments behind Communism rather than the completely imaginary ones you’ve blindly accepted from others.

                    Until then, we really have nothing more to talk about.