Because propaganda is effective.

It was many factions. I’m just saying all of them were trying to have third revolutions while the people starved to death. At some point, revolutions end with a unifying government that isn’t trying to murder each other. Lenin was not the villain you’re painting him to be.

That’s not true at all. The Mensheviks wanted to cooperate with the bourgeoisie and were therefore a bad representation of socialism. Lenin formed the Bolsheviks because the Mensheviks were being stupid. The country was also fractured after the revolution and many groups of counter-revolutionary groups were trying to overthrow the barely formed government. Meanwhile famines were ravaging the country. Understanding the historical context of Russia in 1917 and the economic struggles the people were dealing with is very important to understanding why things happened the way they did. Looking at the aftermath of a revolution where everyone is vying for power and killing each other doesn’t automatically make the winner of that power grab the bad guys.

Weird, I was under the impression that the purges happened after Lenin died. Can ghosts lead a purge?

Profit sharing fixes all of this because it provides incentives for everyone to go the extra mile so they can make more money.

The bar in the picture says it’s a kilo which is $65, 344. While I could agree with OP that 10 kilos would give you an average house in higher priced areas like new York or LA, it would definitely buy you several nice houses in 1920.

That’s solidarity right there

I’ll be far too full after eating the rich to also eat the janitor.

Been using Guilded, still needs a little work for the mobile app, but overall pretty good.

I cut a big hole in the back so I can shit through it though. Can’t stand the cold seat on my cheeks.

I’d be shitting in the neighbor’s toilet. It would probably be hard to explain why I’m in their apartment in my underwear.

It’s Dale you damn animals

Chuck Schuldiner. Greatest death metal vocalist to ever live.

I’m a real debate lord and it really annoys me when the person I’m being bickering with gets banned. Ruins all the fun.

Now that I’m back I really don’t know why I left.

I just deleted Chrome and switched back to Firefox

This comment section is full of morons. Socialism is when workers own and operate the means of production democratically. Read a book

I was on Reddit every day for 14+ years. July 1st I came to Lemmy and never looked back.

Capitalism is not “when you have markets.” I totally agree that it’s important to have well regulated markets. But capitalism perverts democracy with bribery and lobbying. Democratic Socialism is when you have a democratic government and a democratic economy.

You’re showing statues of Lenin in countries in which the Dictatorship of the Proletariat failed to cede power to the working class and establish a socialist economic structure.

When Lenin took power, Russia had nothing. It was in the middle of WW1, there were regular famines, almost everyone was illiterate, and it was in no condition to establish a socialist economic plan. So, Lenin created a temporary economic model called The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. This is a centrally planned economy designed to rapidly develop infrastructure and industry in a country that has none. Lenin was already ceding power to the worker’s councils when he died. Stalin decided he liked The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and did not cede power back to the worker’s councils.

Those countries never experienced Communism. They never even experienced socialism. They destroyed those statues because they hated The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Living in a system designed for a short temporary economic boom for decades is no fun.