Apparently communism can only function with trade with free market capitalists?
- North Korea
- Cuba
Three communist and socialist countries with starving populations.
North Korea trades freely and shares a border with China. Venezuela has no sanctions applied to it by the US.
We can now easily rule out sanctions as the cause of their woes so what is the other common factor between these countries?
At the end of the day, I don't understand why those countries aren't allowed to be independant.
I think you don't understand how the scientific method works.
Venezuela had sanctions removed, they still starved. North Korea trades directly with the massive economy of China, the people are still starving and poor.
The problem is communism and socialism, not sanctions. Stop being a stooge for dictators.
Regarding starvation, it happened under capitalist, slavery-based and feudal regimes aswell. One recent example is how the very capitalistic UK engineered a terrible famine that nearly killed 200mio Indians. For most of the western world, Churchill was very much a saviour, but for Indians, he was a brutal dictator.
If you lived in a low-performing socialist country, I guess it's tough to blame you. But keep in mind that socialism, like any democratic experiment, is different based on the country's initial historic and material conditions.
One can pin point at China, a high performing democratic experiment and say they are doing fairly well, "despite" being a socialist Republic.
However I'm curious what you refer as "horrors" of communism.
Mass starvation and murders to start.
Oh but I forgot, when we do it, we are the good guys. My bad.
Unlike in communist countries where famine occurs because there’s literally not enough food to go around.
No offense, but it seems you’re trolling with the way you bring up unrelated points.
Also war blockades are illegal, but again, when the west does it, its fine. With such mentality, no wonders they hate us.
Kim Jong Un Executes Officials Over Deadly Floods in North Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxLLk90i-Ek&t=2s
Next month there will be news how North Koreans are eating their own children with comically large spoons and y'all are gonna fall for it.