Wait till you find out what conditions people are forced to live in under capitalism. The people who literally die from overwork in Amazon warehouses and have to piss in bottles because they can’t even take a bathroom break. That’s what your current lifestyle is built on.
The quality of works under communism was far less exploitative, and everyone was provided with the basic opportunities. That’s why leaders in USSR all come from regular working families as opposed to being an oligarchy the way they are under capitalism.
Meanwhile, plenty of corruption to go around under capitalism that has profound impact on regular people. Here’s a whole study illustrating how US government doesn’t give a shit about what people in US actually want and represents the interests of the oligarchs first and foremost.
And I’ll guarantee you that your country is no better.
Meanwhile, nobody is arguing to have the same type of communism that existed in USSR. This was a first attempt at building a socialist system. There are always mistakes when you do something that’s never been tried before. A lot can be learned and improved. And of course, today we can see China doing just that.
also like, food insecurity is ABSOLUTELY a thing in america, just because store shelves are full of food doesn’t mean people can actually afford it.
That fact, in and of itself, should really be enough to discredit capitalism. It’s so profoundly horrifying that we merrily deny people basic survival needs just because they can’t afford it.
Wait till you find out what conditions people are forced to live in under capitalism. The people who literally die from overwork in Amazon warehouses and have to piss in bottles because they can’t even take a bathroom break. That’s what your current lifestyle is built on.
The quality of works under communism was far less exploitative, and everyone was provided with the basic opportunities. That’s why leaders in USSR all come from regular working families as opposed to being an oligarchy the way they are under capitalism.
Meanwhile, plenty of corruption to go around under capitalism that has profound impact on regular people. Here’s a whole study illustrating how US government doesn’t give a shit about what people in US actually want and represents the interests of the oligarchs first and foremost.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
And I’ll guarantee you that your country is no better.
Meanwhile, nobody is arguing to have the same type of communism that existed in USSR. This was a first attempt at building a socialist system. There are always mistakes when you do something that’s never been tried before. A lot can be learned and improved. And of course, today we can see China doing just that.
also like, food insecurity is ABSOLUTELY a thing in america, just because store shelves are full of food doesn’t mean people can actually afford it.
That fact, in and of itself, should really be enough to discredit capitalism. It’s so profoundly horrifying that we merrily deny people basic survival needs just because they can’t afford it.
In fact, 26 million people in US are food insecure, and it was on the rise at the end of 2023 https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/4217016-food-insecurity-on-the-rise-census-data-show/ and this isn’t exclusive to US either, nearly 23% of Canadians are food insecure https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-income-survey-2022-results-1.7186033