[TheWasteLand]

I once knew a guy who grew up on a hippie commune and worked in a communist food co-op (no bosses, everyone paid the same, every decision made by a vote).

The co-op went out of business and I asked him if he thought there was a lesson about communism in it. His reply: "It only went out of business because it had to compete with non-communist businesses. Otherwise, it would have been fine."

This is what passes for thinking among the left.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Reminds me of the comment from the worker in the old Soviet Union “Sytem good. We pretend work. They pretend pay us”. What does one expect from a sociology perfesser?

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His reply: "It only went out of business because it had to compete with non-communist businesses. Otherwise, it would have been fine."

How revealing. This is the ultimate goal of Communists. Destroy all non communist businesses.

Democrats are right on the same page.

[Enchante]

"It only went out of business because it had to compete with non-communist businesses. Otherwise, it would have been fine."

Sure, and that's why they all of humanity must be "socialized" into the party's politically correct ways of thinking and behaving -- it's just too inconvenient to have all these capitalists and freedom-lovers running around, making the party look bad.