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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
Communism doesn't work because of selfishness and greed by people who don't want to play the game; capitalism doesn't work because it's rigged so most people can't even play the game, let alone stand a chance of winning.
The idea that anyone can 'make it' in America, or under capitalism, is as bogus as saying anyone can win the Lottery, something else that exists primarily by and for screwing the poorest people. Sure, it's possible, but there's an almost zero chance of it actually happening.
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People change, they are not fixed. If they live in societies where greed and selfishness is promoted they become selfish. In caring societies where values of kindness and equality are promoted people behave well.
Communism was destroyed because if was being built in very poor countries , with poor industrial development, no history of democracy, built on the ruins of war and surrounded by power capitalist countries set on its destruction.
I think the next revolution will be in the US and there the chances of building a successfull socialist country are good, it has a large and advanced economy and a history of democracy and openness.