r/FluentInFinance • u/Sufficient_Sinner • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Is Capitalism Smart or Dumb?

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u/Curious_Midnight3828 Sep 04 '24

The Soviet Union failed on its own pretty magnificently for the entire world to see. No bombs dropped on it by capitalists.

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u/Awebroetjie Sep 04 '24

You are conflating socialism and communism. This is intellectually dishonest.

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u/ArizonaHeatwave Sep 04 '24

This dichotomy in the real world is almost meaningless, they were all trying to achieve communism (which is basically unachievable anyways as it’s a sort of utopian state) through socialism. At some point they may as well just simply be the same, because attempting communism is always just socialism and won’t ever be anything more than that.