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Re:‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’ by splix on Sunday September 24, 2023 @11:31AM (#37634012)
The difference is that with communism a natural human desire is punished, while in capitalism it gets rewarded. I mean a desire to do a good for himself, and only himself, ignoring the needs of the others. Maybe we don't like it as the society, but that's the people's nature.

It seems that it's more effective to leverage this natural desire (as in capitalism) rather that punish it (as in communism). The important part is "natural", i.e., people are born with it, as well as animals, and you cannot prevent it. That's not a minority at all. So the only way for communism is to constantly fight it on a great scale, which is possibly with turning into a authoritarian government.

Re:‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’ by louwrentius on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:34PM (#37636904)
I think there’s a misunderstanding about what communism is and that “natural human desire”, well what doe it mean, really? I’ve heard this narrative before but it sounds so self-serving.