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“Democracy sustains capitalism. Capitalism thrives in a democracy. And, right now, we are dealing with, as I called him at my speech on the Ellipse, a tyrant,” she said, referencing her rally last year on the White House Ellipse in Washington. “We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up,”

  • Omega@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Except they have actually started seizing parts of businesses. Is that not literally communism? Honest question. Because if it’s not, I don’t know what it is.

    • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s communism when the workers seize the means of production. The thing is, this is not a workers’ government.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        So the split hairs is that technically it’s not communism because it’s not helping the workers?

        This really feels like “no true Scotsman”. The government that workers chose, seized the means of production. This is communism.

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It’s not even under the illusion of communism you nonce. So no, it’s not communism.

          Might as well call Trump the real “woke librul antifa” if you don’t care about the meaning words.

        • mitram@sopuli.xyz
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          2 months ago

          I guess what @degen@midwest.social is trying to point at is that worker’s don’t truly control the government and so when the current government seizes the means of production it’s closer to a change of hands between different groups of capitalists than anything envisioned by communists.

          I’d also like to say that although the government has “seized” 10% of Intel shares for example it has no control over Intel’s decisions. Those shares only provide dividends.

          • TronBronson@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            THIS ISNT REAL COMMUNISMM REEEEEEEE

            -no shit Sherlock we know it’s not an imaginary classless utopia because I’m still poor