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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

Every socialist state that has ever existed has been, contextually, far better than what came before it, and in instances where socialism dissolved, better than what replaced it, for the working classes. Communism is becoming more popular as time goes on, because capitalism continues to decay and make people more and more hopeless:

When the working classes see no future for themselves in capitalism, why wouldn't people want to implement a system where people, rather than capital, are in control?