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In reply to the discussion: Capitalism Kills Nearly 1 Million Americans Per Year [View all]Farmer-Rick
(12,670 posts)Communism is about the community owning everything and Socialism is about equality in the economy. Karl Marx thought Communism was the answer not socialism.
But in Russia and China they kind of translated it in a similar fashion and had/have corrupted their governments by it.
The problem is that when people transfer the means of production to the government, it corrupts government officials just like it corrupts the filthy rich.
No one would be going around saying eat the rich if the filthy rich would stop being so corrupt. But they are constantly trying to take over the government, promote racism and misogyny. The filthy rich take away the little that the middle class and poor have. They always turn to crimes like pedophilia and sex slavery, bribery and fraud. Because they can buy their way out of accountability.
And the same thing happens when government officials control the means of production. The early communist thought the citizens would vote out officials who were corrupted. But those corrupted government officials are able to crush democracy and keep control.
And it seems in capitalism the same thing happens. The filthy rich are able to crush democracy and control the government. Welcome to the capitalist dystopia of America. Where a handful of filthy rich men rule our country based on their whims. Not much different from China or the USSR.