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Is Communism good?
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Yes 375 66.25%
No 191 33.75%
Total: 523 votes
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Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
Communism caused every famine in the world, including the ones that happened in parts of the british empire almost every year in the 19th century.

Have you also heard about Chairman Leopold in Congo?

So of course I vote no.

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Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

AgentF posted:

Trick question - both are hoaxes that never happened.

Enver Hoaxa to be precise

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

Shbobdb posted:

Anarcho-Communism generally has pretty close ideological ties with Primitive Communism.

In Year Zero, we all work as farmers.

If by pretty close you mean by getting no platformed maybe.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

icantfindaname posted:

i'm pretty sure the spanish anarchists weren't ecological anarcho-primitivists, no?

Anarcho-Primmies are basically some weird PNW bullshit.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

gobbagool posted:

Have you ever successfully planted a seed that yielded a mature plant?

Fresh potted jalapeņos are a thing of beauty.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
Gift economies aren't actually barter, hth.

Neither are tributary economies.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

gobbagool posted:

Communism, anarchism, primitivism, all great and successful ideologies that a certain subset of goons seem to think will solve their problems like that they can't get a date or fit through the door without turning sideways

Excuse me sir but we're here to watch a movie.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
"There is no other way, capitalism, or living like ancient hunter gatherers" - noted economist gobbagool

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
You sound like someone who believes they're using the socratic method.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
"The british empire, famously a communist dictatorship" - said by a famous projectionist

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
"Anarchism is a failed system, why it can't even withstand a concerted assault by three fascist empires single-handedly with the full might of two spanish provinces"

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

OwlFancier posted:

What on earth are you on about?

Projecting mainly.

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
"Private property is your toothbrush and the vase you put flowers in" - very serious people who would probably insist it's the other side that is uneducated

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015

gobbagool posted:

Sure you can keep any of the awesome consumer electronics brought to you by the communist world. That and your patch of ice and 3 potatos

Don't worry, the goalposts are also personal property.

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Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
In all fairness, smartphones are pretty much a godsend from an accessibility POV and anyone who claims text messaging is inherently a luxury because we have phones deserves to get slapped. But yeah, their production is, like most consumer electronics, currently marred by the fact that most of the production line is almost as horrible as diamonds.

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