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    this, exactly. That the communism site is being sold to the highest bidder is karma, just like the oppressive action of capitalism driving escapism into communism is.

    the raw reality is that neither pure communism nor pure capitalism will work. It’s like saying “top-down architecture is better than peer-to-peer architecture,” or vice-versa. it’s foolish. the right architecture depends on the situation being addressed.

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        52 hours ago

        Pure communism = A stateless, moneyless, classless society. Not simply whatever we’re doing to try to get there.

        Pure capitalism = Anarcho-capitalism gives way to its final form, Arachno-capitalism.

        • Cowbee [he/they]
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          I think the obsession with “purity” is just dogmatism, though. Systems are what they are, not some form of pure distilled ideology.

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          It needs to be repeatedly mixed with water until it’s effectively just water. But the spiritual essence of the system will magically remain