• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    In what way is communism a historical anomaly in a manner that capitalism does not fit into? Both are part of the same historical development process.

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      22 hours ago

      It’s an anomaly in the sense that it was present in high gear for around 70 years in the 20th century and most people (who are likely to read wikipedia) probably don’t live in it right now. That’s my one and only reason for calling it that.

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        7 hours ago

        I suppose I can see that logic, but capitalism too is a historical anomaly, and will too become a part of history while socialism and eventually communism becomes dominant. Framing it this way is a viewpoint that sees capitalism more as static and unchanging than anything else.