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Communism is when you can only buy one share of a stock (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you can buy stocks in a business in that nation then they are not communist or even trying to pursue Marxism.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Shh...don't tell lemmy.ml about China.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's more to communism than marxism.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are able to pay people money for investing and not doing any work for said business then the workers are not in any way in control of the means of production.

What version of communism would permit an investor class?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

None that are actually communism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Greetings from Mondragon Corporation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that just socialism?