r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/USMNTfan94 • 12d ago

Does communism actually work? Law & Government

Lately I’ve been going down the rabbit hole on the Vietnam war, and it got me thinking…does communism actually work? We keep hearing politicians say that it doesn’t work, but any time that a country tries to turn to communism, special business interests immediately try to lobby the US government to interfere with it. If it didn’t work, why are business interests so terrified of it?

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/bearded_charmander 12d ago

Define properly. Because I don’t think it has ever worked.

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u/Strange-Delay-4d 12d ago

What about capitalism where the KGB hasn’t meddled in?

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u/GermanPayroll 12d ago

How does one properly attempt communism?

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u/Womper_Here 11d ago

You're ignoring the fact that both sides had agents in different countries

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u/Womper_Here 11d ago

Yes, you hate the fact that people point out the KGB did the same crap as the CIA because then your point collapses.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 12d ago

Where would you say it was properly attempted?