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Of all the things we are bringing back from the past, why does communist propaganda have to be one of them? Why do people, smart people! keep making almost the exactly same mistakes?

Modern socialists have clearly studied history, but how are they able to interpret it like this?

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What if the only viable futures are communism or collapse?

Consider as capitalism grows in complexity the grasp of the invisible hand grows weaker until it loses its grip.

Does the world really need a new iPhone every year when people can hardly afford rent?

Does making monopoly aspiring app for dog walking (Wag) to enrich a few sophomoric founders or defraud a few more gullible investors really constitute efficient rationing of scarce resources?

What if we are an the last stages of a faltering system?

It is possible that we are, but it's certain that communism is not the thibg that's gonna save us.

Ah yes, communism. This time we will surely get it right because of our arrogance and hubris combined with total cluelessness about human nature and how spectacularly communism and its sibling socialism failed everywhere they were tried (And no, Scandinavian countries aren't 'socialist' just because of running a welfare program that happens to be funded by much heavier taxes on all their citizens than Americans could imagine)

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