The Soviet Unions was really not about caring or sharing as much as taking from the workers, which is why most historians don’t refer to the Soviet Union as Communist but as “State Capitalist”
Actually, it’s “no true Scotsman” – but that doesn’t allow you to dispute something that’s factually incorrect. A Scotsman is someone of Scottish heritage, not an Italian or a Greek.
A Scotsman is a Scotsman no matter what he puts on his porridge – but a centrally run military dictatorship is not Communism, no matter what they chose to call themselves. Communism requires common ownership of the means of production for the benefit of all, not the ownership of the means of production by the state for the good of the Oligarchy.
The Soviet Unions was really not about caring or sharing as much as taking from the workers, which is why most historians don’t refer to the Soviet Union as Communist but as “State Capitalist”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism
That’s right, REAL Scotsmen don’t put sugar on their porridge!
Actually, it’s “no true Scotsman” – but that doesn’t allow you to dispute something that’s factually incorrect. A Scotsman is someone of Scottish heritage, not an Italian or a Greek.
A Scotsman is a Scotsman no matter what he puts on his porridge – but a centrally run military dictatorship is not Communism, no matter what they chose to call themselves. Communism requires common ownership of the means of production for the benefit of all, not the ownership of the means of production by the state for the good of the Oligarchy.