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Originally Posted by willravel
Communism has never been accurately developed and implemented. Unfortunately, several leaders throughout history have use the name "communism" in order to attain great power, which has given the term a considerably negative connotation.
It was developed by Marx only relatively recently and since then it's few incarnations have been artificial; not genuine. Marxism was replaced quickly by Leninism, which is actually a form of fascism (to tie this back into the thread).
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Leninism and Stalism, both of which can be better described as Authoritarian State Capitalism than Communism, as they were autocratic regimes who used extreme force and 'owned' the total labour of the people.
If I take a dump in a box of Kellog's finest, seal it up and put it on the shelf - you may pick up a box that says "Corn Flakes", but I doubt you'll get to the crunchy bits before realising something is amiss in the nomenclature.
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