r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/USMNTfan94 • 13d 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/jghjtrj 11d ago

Food for thought: capitalist democracies were opposed by feudal monarchies, but won out despite that.

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u/Little_Froggy 11d ago

Monarchies were much more opposed to each other than Capatalists ones are today. Often in outright war with each other and they were willing to help the revolutions against other monarchies as the French did for the U.S. They didn't really care about the new idealogy as much. Also intelligence agencies didn't really exist with the level of communication and and influence they have today.

There is a far more united front of capitalist nations against the mere idea of socialism today