Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "The Holodomor: Ukraine's Soviet Terror-Famine" video.

@angrydoggy9170 Socialism and by extension communism is inherently totalitarian. You cannot enforce a socialist system without totalitarianism. Without it, people will just default to capitalism.
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@angrydoggy9170 Socialism quite literally excludes capitalism. A core principle of socialism is the erasure of profit and private ownership. It implies totalitarianism - because how do you enforce socialism otherwise? Social democracies are not socialist. Please stop repeating this nonsense. A social democracy is a centrist right-wing policy that's still pro-free market, pro-private ownership and pro-profits.
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@angrydoggy9170 Then how come you're so wrong? Anyone trying to equate social democracy, a center-right position, to socialism, a far-left position, is blatantly misinformed.
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@angrydoggy9170 Honest question. Have you actually ready any of the theory or do you just learn about politics from twitter? Communism is essentially stateless socialism. Communism is Marx's utopia where no system of government is actually needed to uphold socialist values.
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@angelikaskoroszyn8495 I don't need to "dive into" "communist internet spaces" because not only have I already had enough for a lifetime, but even if I hadn't, I actually read the REAL LIFE theory and met the REAL LIFE supporters of communist parties, so I don't really see the point of contacting internet people. If I hadn't, because I already have. The Soviet Union was dismantled by former Soviet Union apparatchiks who robbed the country blind and helped form the oligarch class. You really think the workers were in charge? "Would it make the modern financial system inherently totalitarian?" - Not the financial system, just the government. The financial system couldn't give a rat's ass if you were getting paid in Runescape gold or Dogecoin. "Would shifting the power structure (i.e. giving the workers the ability to vote for their factory management in similar manner how they vote for their politicians) be that totalitarian?" - Yes. There's a difference between getting fined by OSHA and the government taking ownership away. "only deranged or stupid people support Soviet style of communism" - This is a No True Scotsman fallacy, by the way.
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