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It might sound like the most absurd thing that you ever saw on the internet or if you think about it more than 20 seconds you realize that it actually makes sense, and that what Marx envisioned, the "classless & stateless society" the true communism as understood, can only be achieved by Capitalism.

Yes. Only Capitalism can achieve a classless and stateless society where the proletariat will be liberated from 90% income taxes and they can run their own small businesses instead of working for a state chartered corporation.

Let's just see what Marx advocated:

  • Stateless society (No gods, No masters)
  • Liberation of the proletariat (working class)
  • Working class owning the means of production
  • Social equality
  • Utopia

Then let's see what true Capitalism advocates:

  • No state, no rulers, no taxes
  • Liberation of the proletariat by all of them becoming small business owners or private contractors (no need for govt licensed companies), instead of working for a government chartered corporation, and elimination of all taxes, that are the shackles of the proletariat.
  • It's the working class that owns the means of production, after all with 3D printers and other high-tech, anyone can be able to produce. Most people can already individually produce stuff on the internet (programming ,artists, bloggers,etc...). So in a full capitalist society, everyone is part of the proletariat.
  • I don't think capitalists are against social equality, most of them are for gay rights, the bakery that refuses to bake cakes for gay weddings will just go out of business. There is no economic incentive to be against social change, therefore capitalists respect social equality.
  • We can have utopia in 50-100 years if technology progresses as it is, due to capitalism. Prices are going down in the tech sector, technology makes everyday life easier. In 50-100 years we will pretty much have a utopia.

Don't confuse Capitalism with Imperialism

The two concepts have been related historically but they are not the same. Many colonies have been exploited historically, but it's not the fault of capitalism, it's the fault of the monarchical centralized power structures of the day.

The leftists should realize that we will only have freedom through capitalism and private property, and voluntary consensus between people. The common enemy of the left & capitalism is the centralization of political power, and not the centralization of economic power.

Therefore I advocate for a decentralization of political power:

But I have no problem with the centralization of economic power. In a free society it will happen to a lesser extend than now, but usually it's not a bad thing. Since in a free economy, you can't get rich via tax subsidies or other scams, the only way to become rich in a free economy, is by serving the consumers optimally.

And the reward for good behavior is profit. So in a free society, only moral people would be rich, and the reward for morality is money.

But in the current society, you can get rich by lying to people, as a politician, or by entrenching yourself in the establishment and participating in all kinds of legal scams, that society otherwise would find disgusting.

So with the decentralization of political power, and introduction of pure capitalism with no taxes and no government (but based on voluntary political consensus as described here), we can have a communist utopia.

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If you start up a business comrade, you can help many people with good products and services, while also providing jobs to your soviet commune, and last but not least, you can also make money!

There are risks with any businesses, but it's better than being a slave in a Gulag. Therefore it's better to be a capitalist comrade!


Sources:
https://pixabay.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothbard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner


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These were idealists philosophers. Politicians used these terms to advance their ends.

Capitalism is not idealistic, it's reality as it is. Communism is the fantasy, however we can learn from the left on social issues, but we must reject the leftist economic model.

Whatever justification or paradise they said was going to be the result is just manipulation material used to trick everyone in order to do evil. 😈

Thats one way to put it, but some people have actually believed in a better world. The monarchy back then was very corrupt and overtaxed peasants. So people thought that communism was an escape strategy. It wasnt, but now we have the solution with capitalism. Farming is not an issue anymore, but taxes are.

I'm glad I've finally heard someone else say this. I tried making a post about it and wasn't able to explain as thoroughly as you.

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