Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 28, 2021 8:53:01 GMT
It's been tried and ultimately failed. And failed badly. Communism is a nice idea in theory, but like all utopian projects it's unworkable. Self-interest always trumps altruism in the grand scheme of things. People in property-owning societies with any degree of wealth or assets are not, generally speaking, susceptible to the appeal of surrendering all of that in the interests of an unattainable classless utopia. Communists only ever achieved power through violent revolution and oppression of opposing forces and ideologies.
Moreover, regardless of socioeconomic philosophy, there will always be a class structure of some sort, just as there was in the Communist societies of the old East during the Cold War, when an oppressive new elite took over from an older one and endemic poverty and shortages were the norm.
That isn't to say capitalism isn't in itself deeply problematic and doesn't merit significant criticism, merely that traditional Marxism is not a workable solution on any large scale.
Moreover, regardless of socioeconomic philosophy, there will always be a class structure of some sort, just as there was in the Communist societies of the old East during the Cold War, when an oppressive new elite took over from an older one and endemic poverty and shortages were the norm.
That isn't to say capitalism isn't in itself deeply problematic and doesn't merit significant criticism, merely that traditional Marxism is not a workable solution on any large scale.