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Re:Marx’s diagnosis of capitalism’s flaws is surprisingly re... by vixen99 on Friday May 04, 2018 @02:29AM (#16992609)
Communism is not compatible with an open society. It is entirely coercive and necessarily totalitarian as shown in detail by Karl Popper in The Open Society. You're pretty much free to form a local (voluntary) commune within a free society but don't try it the other way round.
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Re:Marx’s diagnosis of capitalism’s flaws is surprisingly re... by AstralStorm on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:55AM (#16992916)
Neither is capitalism as implemented today, as people with power either control capital and thus workers indirectly and are entirely above any important personal repercussions.

The main difference is that communism is bottom up pyramid of societies, while capitalism is a top down pyramid of companies.

If you think capitalism is not coercive, why do you go to work every day for less value than you produce? Contracts are based on enforcement too. The root word in there is force.

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