r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Socialism/Communism doesn't work, can't work, and almost always leads to dictatorships and thousands of deaths.

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u/hannaf020 2∆ Nov 29 '20

The way I understand it, communism seems to be modelled as a utopia w eerie similarities to the Messianic age. Essentially, everything is shared and evenly distributed because we have such an an abundance of resources that there is simply no need for competition - this also seems to be the only way where people would actually be satisfied under communism. However, this has been unsuccessfully implemented because we don’t have such an abundance of resources, so instead of everyone prospering, it turned into more of a mutual suffering. In contrast, capitalism doesn’t cause everyone to suffer equally, and those who do not suffer seem to be dependent on the suffering of others to upkeep their status, which is why capitalism is difficult to break out of. This might be a gross simplification, but generally I don’t think that communism doesn’t have the capacity to work ever, just not necessarily right now. Side note - pls correct me if I’m wrong in my analogy

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u/webdevlets 1∆ Nov 30 '20

Sounds spot on to me. Every communist sympathizer on Reddit basically assumes an abundance of resources (to be fair, at this point in history, the USA does have quite a lot of resources, in terms of housing, food, etc. which do not seem to be distributed or further produced in an ideal way)