Cowbee

I summed it up in my response to them, but essentially they have a confused idea of what Communism even means. It's perfectly possible for them to have grown up in a Communist nation, but 2 points stick out as confused:

1. They believe Communism structurally depends on "good people not being selfish" without elaborating, and

2. They believe Communism to be about some vague "equality," despite Marx arguing against said very notion.

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That stands in direct contrast to the actual structure of the USSR, and a misunderstanding of Democratic Centralism. The Soviets were the organizational organ of the USSR, as shown here:

Secondly, being a single party does not mean democratization lowers. Parlimentarianism obscures the material impact of a Worker's voice. A single party system can be bad, such as in Nazi Germany, where there was little to no actual democracy. A single party system can be good, such as in the USSR.

As per your previous statement that "most of us want bottom-up revolutions," that's correct, but "most of us" do not agree that the October Revolution was a "top-down" revolution.

I recommend reading the following texts, if you have not done so already:

• Blackshirts and Reds
• The State and Revolution

What do you mean by a "revolution from the top?"

it depends on humans sharing and not being selfish and power hungry, which is a fantasy.

What about Communism depends on this, structurally? How, in any way, does Capitalism do better?

Even in a communist society, you'll have those who will get more than others and will be more "equal"

Where does Marx say that Communism is about equality?

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Liberals - "Who could have called this?!"

Leftists - "We've been saying this for centuries now."

Scratched Liberals - "Yea but you deserved what you got"

Admittedly, I see enshittification used colloquially meaning basically "business found a way to fuck over its customers more than usual to increase their profit". Perhaps that is what you mean by "General enshittification".

Correct, because the "traditional" definition you outlined with the 3 points is ultimately the same process with the same mechanics and same vectors of force.

General enshittification, which is a consequence of declining Capitalism and the Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall.

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Do you have numbers to back that up, or general proof behind China's trade being Imperialist, rather than cooperative, in comparison with the US?