Lifter, communist, open source enjoyer and prolewiki editor.
Formerly nordic16 on r/genzedong
To any lib who comes here to whine about the profit incentive: Humans DO NOT need it to improve material conditions. However, even if they did (under capitalism), the transition from capitalism to communism will take many generations. By then, we’ll be living in a post-scarcity world where little to no labor is needed
It’s just wild to see lol, I thought they’d at least question your experience instead of outright dismissing it
the guy is now saying you’re a liar lmfao, this cannot be real
funny how you deny someone’s experience when it doesn’t suit your convenience.
the propaganda is the 1%, a real chinese machine would improve it by at least 50%
Gernazi imo, Poortugal sure as hell ain’t
I sympathize. Quite a decent amount of the problems you mentioned were, unfortunately, very real problems and the conditions at the time (siege socialism and whatnot) made it hard to fix. I hope you don’t believe that any sane Communist denies this. Also, yes, those who did try to expose corruption did face problems. Your insights are absolutely helpful to remind us that mistakes can absolutely happen and must be prevented at all costs.
The first generation of people who lived under Socialism experienced massive improvements in living standards (on a scale never seen before), but as their living standards grew, so did their expectations and demands, which Socialism at the time could not provide; the focus on heavy industry by the Eastern Bloc (to reach military parity with the West) took a giant toll in their economies and light industry and plenty of mistakes from within and heavily exacerbated from external pressure led to the demise of Socialism.
China has learned from the mistakes of the Eastern Bloc and look where it is now! It’s not perfect and it still has ways to go in some aspects, but despite all this, it shows Socialism isn’t dead and is again a global force.
Just like talking about the bad things is important, however, we must also recognize what Romania was before the Socialist era: It was an underdeveloped (effectively a third world country) Fascist dictatorship led by Ion Antonescu, a scumbag allied with the Axis.
Agreed, after the fall of socialism that’s what happened.
you are completely insane.
I don’t go outside.
I never went to school.
I never had a girlfriend
My life is dedicated to the study of dengism.
I’VE EVEN FORGOTTEN MY NAMEEEE
someone please ban this user for idealism and solipsism /s
Been doing this for a while. Had a bad day? Just blame it on the US Empire.
we got a new “communism no iPhone” guys, peak theoretic development
b-but gomunism no ifon?
Tbh not everyone who left was a reactionary shithead. Many who did were (and also actual criminals), however, a decent number of East Germans, for example, who chose to immigrate to the West due to thinking they’d be living in a lavish lifestyle tried to go back to the East due to being disillusioned by Capitalism.
I’m on my phone rn so providing a source for this is a bit hard (sorry), but if you look this up on lemmygrad I’m sure you’ll easily find them. I will also update this comment later to provide them.
Think about it. You’re a German citizen, grew up with anti communist indoctrination everywhere, then all of a sudden the Soviets come to your country (thank god they did) and “shortly” (4 years later) after socialism is established [Yes, I know Stalin wanted a neutral, non-aligned Germany]. The whole Jewish-bolshevik conspiracy bs probably played a role.
There’s also the factor that ALL the countries in the Eastern Bloc had been ravaged by WW2, unlike most capitalist countries, didn’t receive the Marshall Plan and had to pay reparations to the Soviet Union (West Germany refused) and didn’t benefit or profit from Imperialism, placing it in a very, very unfair position against the Western Bloc. In the case of the GDR, not only had its territory always been historically poorer than its Western counterpart, but also didn’t have access to the Ruhr valley.
Also, people might accuse you of whataboutism if you say this (who cares lol), but there were also many people who fled — under the same definition — capitalism for the Eastern Bloc, namely western communists, minorities and 3rd world peoples.
Lastly, there was inefficiency, corruption, infiltration and many other issues in the Eastern Bloc, which unfortunately weren’t addressed correctly, but that’s another story that deserves its own book (blackshirts and reds and socialism betrayed explain these pretty well imo)
Cry about it. This is what happens when all your analysis is based on idealism and western propaganda.
Putin is a reactionary and we very much dislike modern Russia, however, right now, he poses a threat to western hegemony and Imperialism, the biggest contradiction in the world right now. Solving this contradiction will massively benefit the third world and plunge the empire into a deeper crisis.
Lastly, there’s a massive difference between critical support (for Russia) and complete support (for China). Also, “tankie”… lol 
Labour will not disappear under socialism. However, one can expect the efficiency of said labour to increase to such a point (due to massive improvements in productive forces) where, compared to capitalist society, it won’t be needed as intensively.
Of course, this will only be reached during the final stages of socialism or maybe even in early communism.