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[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Communism isn't inherently authoritarian, it holds no relation to authoritarianism or democracy, just like capitalism, and can exist within any political formation. Conflating communism with authoritarianism and capitalism with democracy will likely result in completely justified dictionary arguments, as this misconception is actually very important ideologically.

Associating communism with things like USSR or, in an even more cursed way, China and claiming communism is authoritarian is actively harmful, especially considering that neither of them ever had communism to begin with - they had socialism and claimed to be directed towards communism some time in the future.

Such shortcuts, like communism=authoritarianism=evil prevent you from actually familiarizing yourself with the concepts and puts you in a position when you oppose a strawman.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the orthodox MLs you find on lemmy do un ironically defend autocracy in the USSR and China, dismissing criticism of these states as western propaganda.

Trust me, id love a leftist space on the internet which doesn't make folk heroes out of tyrants. Lemmy is not that place.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

There are many on Lemmy who do associate Communism with the USSR and China and also think it is a good thing.

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, but that's another story. Being communist doesn't mean being a tankie. Some communists are, some aren't, and as such conflating the two is wrong.

[-] Delta_V@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Context matters in this discussion.

The moderators of the lemmy instance OP got banned from have Russian and Chinese iconography in their profiles - its explicitly authoritarian and arguably communist in name only in order to attract naive idealists who otherwise would be against authoritarianism.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, exactly like that is what i was talking about.

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