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Re:Chomsky on having a job (“living in a totalitarian system”) by AzzieElbab on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:47PM (#19488236)
- I don't think you even understand what socialism is

I grew up in the USSR. How could I possibly understand what socialism is? Especially the fictional varieties. Mordor has a wiki page too, right?

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Re:Chomsky on having a job (“living in a totalitarian system”) by CharlesColeman on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @12:27PM (#19493287)
> I grew up in the USSR. How could I possibly understand what socialism is?

I don't doubt you have a very good understanding of the Soviet type, due to your experience there. However, your original comment seemed to present a false binary choice between Western capitalism and that Soviet-style centrally-planned socialism. It's clear that Chomsky opposes both the former and the latter, so brining up the latter seems like a bit of a straw man in the context of this video and its subject.

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