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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by whiddershins on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:43PM (#21208472)
This is commonly said.

Can you help me understand how Communism is distinct from Fascism?

It is my understanding Fascism was invented by disaffected Socialists and Marxists who felt the revolution was taking too long.

What is an example of a Communist country, or does every country that calls itself Communist fail the test?

And if every country fails the test, what precisely would be different about a true Communist country versus these pretend-Communist countries?

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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by Tehdasi on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:52PM (#21208550)
You need to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union

Contrast how the current Chinese economy is far closer to an average OECD economy to the USSRs economy.

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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by tptacek on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @08:01PM (#21209520)
It is my understanding Fascism was invented by disaffected Socialists and Marxists who felt the revolution was taking too long.

The opposite statement is closer to the truth: fascism as a reactionary response to Marxism and progressivism.

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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by _bxg1 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:59PM (#21208617)
> or does every country that calls itself Communist fail the test

That's how I look at it, though I'm no expert.

> what precisely would be different about a true Communist country versus these pretend-Communist countries

True collective ownership/Marxism. It's unclear whether it's even possible to create this kind of society without it regressing to brutal authoritarianism, but that's the idea at least.

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