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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Computers and databases with logistics didn’t exist in 1918. Walmart and Amazon have strong central planning. Chile began to do it in 1971 with Project CyberSyn, but the CIA and capitalism couldn’t have that in their backyard.

Edit: There is a failure of imagination concerning what socialism and communism could like in the future. Lenin was materially bound by his time. Actual Communism (worldwide) might look sufficiently different than what’s been done before.

[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, because a world run like Amazon sounds like such a utopia. /s

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I’ll read it.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think we have proven over and over that human nature doesn't do communism well at large scales. Not that I don't think at small scales it's a perfectly good system. Capitalism isn't really any better tho. I don't have a solution for how to avoid the pitfalls of socialism and communism. Worker owned means of production is really the thing I want, attainable or not. No single person should own all of the gains off the backs of worker blood, sweat, and tears.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anarcho-Syndicalism or Anarcho-Communism? There’s the rub. I’m still exploring that myself.