Why did communism always turn into a kind of dictatorship? - eviltoast

Afaik this happened with every single instance of a communist country. Communism seems like a pretty good idea on the surface, but then why does it always become autocratic?

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    24 days ago

    If you think about it every company is a tiny planned economy with all the power held by a few people, too.

    Some of them even make brainwashing propaganda for their employees to think that sacrificing themselves to the company is glorious.

    • iii@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      24 days ago

      Not every company. There’s plenty of free-lancers around. There’s oddities like valve.

      But yes, the idea is a mix of companies, different shapes and sizes, coordinating through markets.