why is communism bad

[w1ckedsticky1983]

communism es muy bueno saves the working class from being exploited. Capitalism is horrible

[_Izzy_]

bc its unfair to the people who work harder then others and makes it way harder to own your own business and gives people less financial freedom

[w1ckedsticky1983]

@_Izzy_ you just described capitalism

[Laner2018]

@w1ckedsticky1983 Precisely.

[UnpaidIntern]

For the most part i've heard that communism is mostly bad because it gives too much power to the government, since the government manages the entire economy, which allows the government to do a bunch of dumb stuff that a government probably shouldn't be able to do

edit: oh shoot why am I here this entire post is going to end so badly

Capitalism can also become bad or even worse for the same reason, when a single company has unregulated power or economic control over any industry.

[Th4tt13rd4r15t]

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[UnpaidIntern]

wow I was really expecting the post to get significantly worse y'all lowkey chill

[Laner2018]

@UnpaidIntern Don’t jinx it lol

[_Izzy_]

wait im confused what did i say that was wrong? isnt communism when the government pays everyone equally??? i dont get how thats capitalism, capitalism gives ppl control over the economy (and while big companies suck we the ppl have the choice to not give them our money and support small businesses thus WE control the economy)?????? did i misunderstand? how tf is that capitalism?

i think that communisim is dumb and unfair and more dangerous then capitalism, almost all communist governments are lowkey oppressive, and like i said equality isnt necessarily fair, ppl who work harder should get paid more and hav control over their own businesses and money

IMO americans who think communism is better then capitalism are silly and are ignorant to their privilege bc capitalism gives us a certain freedom ppl in communist countries dont have:p (it does suck for ppl who are poor tho but communism still isnt the answer)

(both OBVIOUSLY have their pros and cons but saying communisim is good feels rllllly ignorant, ESPECIALLY if your an American TvT)

i think welfare capitalism sounds cool bc the idea is that ppl get their basic needs but still have economic freedom i think:P so poor or
disabled or elderly ppl can still get what they need to survive
if it works well in practice i think its something America should try out

[_Izzy_]

@UnpaidIntern is this not close to what i said? TvT
(no shade im just confused as to why ppl disagree with MY answer)

[UnpaidIntern]

@_Izzy_ idk, my best guess is that the original answer focused too much on things that most people don't really care that much about such as owning a business, being paid more if you work harder, as well as financial freedom overall tbh (i wouldn't really care much about buying and selling things if living conditions were somehow improved).

The OG answer also implies that capitalism pays people fairly based on how hard they work by making a point that communism doesn't (while still in the context of comparing capitalism with communism), which probably brought the whole answer down. Especially since many people rn (minorites, women, immigrants, or also unfortunately children if child labor is allowed in their country) are feeling the effects of being paid or treated unfairly under capitalism.

It also didn't mention the main issue with communism, that communism mostly depends on having a good government that won't exploit the fact that it has full control over the entire economy.

People (including me tbh) also assume that if you argue against anything without criticising the opposite of that thing, that you think the opposite is like perfect or something without any neutrality (i VERY quickly edited my reply to add how the way capitalism can be bad is similar to communism).

[_Izzy_]

@UnpaidIntern oh, well thats dumb

anyways when i said it gives less financial freedom i was referring to the government thing since...thats the reason it gives less financial freedom, i just assumed i wouldn't have to write a whole essay for ppl to get that
plus the question was why is it bad and the government thing is bad bc it usually results in lack of freedom like i said

anyway thx for explaining what ppl may have thought!