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A comment on Post-Scarcity Economics (2013). Parent comment

Re:Post-Scarcity Economics (2013) by baursak on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:09AM (#15516370)
Communism does not imply totalitarianism, and capitalism does not imply democracy.
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Re:Post-Scarcity Economics (2013) by jules on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:51AM (#15516706)
Give one example of a communist country that didn't turn totalitarian. Capitalism doesn't imply democracy, but capitalist dictatorships do tend to gravitate in that direction, e.g. Chile.
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Re:Post-Scarcity Economics (2013) by maxxxxx on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:31PM (#15517073)
My point was that making changes to the current system doesn't necessarily mean communism. Capitalism or market economies can have many different shapes without becoming dictatorships.
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