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>>14338760
I'll push back on the idea that communism automatically produces poverty. The USSR went from a literal feudal state to a major world economic power in like 60 years. That's a break neck speed, even compared against contemporary capitalist countries. And before you point out bread lines in the USSR, that was a rare phenomenon just like bread lines in the US during the depression. I think the ultimate problem with soviet communism is the same problem that we have with capitalism.
Its that power accumulates power and power is ultimately indifferent to the powerless. We have to find a way to break the chains of self reinforcing leadership and decentralize power to the workers.


>>14338515
>bolsheviks who just took the surplus labor of the working class
I agree that Marx wouldve hated these people. The real issue here is the nuts and bolts of how we decentralize power and make collective governing more transparent to the average worker. Perhaps some blockchain tech can be utilized to do this, especially using it for quick and easy voting. But, the idea that Marx had a workable alternative to a ruling class just isnt true. He WANTED an alternative (and i think its important to find an alternative), but he didnt have a good one.