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Marx agreed that capitalism is very good at rapid economic growth, which is why Lenin implemented the NEP and Deng Xiaoping implemented the liberal reforms. So why abandon that completely for the system like in Cuba or North Korea which are very inefficient and grow slowly?
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Norway, Sweden, Iceland etc are the best places to live on earth. Clearly social democracy has provided the goods. Of course in recent years, due to neoliberalism, those countries are not as great places to live anymore, but they are still the best in the world. So why are you against social democracy if when implemented correctly, it is the best system we have seen? Communism also if not implemented correctly produced horrific results, its all about the implementation. Ideas alone are not enough.
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The vast majority of workers do not want communism. How will you try to establish communism democratically when people dont want it? When people say they want socialism, they usually talk about social programs or nationalization of key industries, rather than implementing Cuba or North Korea economy, no one wants that.
EDIT : I have another question. Are communists willing to work with social-democrats? Obviously neoliberalism and fascism are bigger threats, so wouldnt it make sense to vote for and support social democrats like AOC in USA or Corbyn in UK or Mélenchon in France?
As much as I wish you were right on that last point, the workers, at least here in America, absolutely do not want communism. A huge slice of the workers would die defending capital from other workers.
The problem here isn't that the workers wouldn't like communism, it's that they've been incredibly thoroughly lied to so that they don't even know what communism is as they denounce it. This isn't communism's fault though, this is our propaganda infrastructure's fault.
You said it yourself. Workers do not oppose the idea of communism, they oppose the word communism. You can spend hours describing the idea of communism to a good-intention worker and they'll nod along in agreement, but you say the word communism and they piss their pants. Workers want communism but by any other name.
touché, however there's still a good chunk of the American proletariat with a taste for boot, willing to die to defend the system that allows others to become billionaires, defending it with "b-but they create jobs" and "you're taking away MY freedom to become a billionaire someday". Good point though.