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Originally Posted by Cherry7
For starters no state has ever claimed to be communist but "real existing socialism".
This states were very backward before being run by Communist parties, but as well as doing terrible things, they did succeed in doing some very positive ones.
They developed industry, build houses for all the population, yes poor quality, but the housed everyone not just the rich. The had universal eduction open to all, not to be bought by the rich, Health service, cheap cinema and theater.
When you say worked, for who does it work? Capitalism works for a small minority. Most of the pop it fails to fulfill their human potential.
Who can afford to go to the teat re in London with tickets a £60 ? For capitalism culture is just another way of making money.
Replacing capitalism with communism will happen because capitalism keep destroying itself in war and economic crisis. Remember that the Russian Revolution was the product of WW1 not just to the work of revolutionaries.
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I have the feeling Capitalism isn't working for you. Being a loser under Capitalism or Communism isn't going to help you.
As for your knowledge of history, well that's a bad scar on your teachers.
After the Russian Revolution millions died of starvation and disease. That would of lived under the Czar. Under the Communist the country was bankrupt. Under Capitalism it's becoming a power house financially.
When Mao took over China he too killed millions by starving them, the Chinese Industry such as it was, was devastated. It was Capitalism that saved the country.
Yes things were cheap in Communist countries. That's because only party officials and Mafia had much money. The rest of the people were living on very very little.
You should of come here to Czech and seen what it was like in 1998. Ten years after the revolution it was still pretty poor. Today it's a totally different country, because of Capitalism.
Anyway keep dreaming you will make it under Communism, as you clearly failed under Capitalism.