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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

iemanja

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1. Communism means the workers control the means of production

Reply to Waterguy (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2023, 01:52 AM

Jan 2023

Yet in the interim--until a classless society is realized--the state acts as a dictatorship of the proletariat. That is according to Marx.

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Communism or Capitalism - what do they mean [View all] Waterguy Jan 2023 OP

Communism means the workers control the means of production iemanja Jan 2023 #1

how could the workers control the means of production? Waterguy Jan 2023 #2

Workers own the factories iemanja Jan 2023 #4

thanks Locrian Jan 2023 #5

iemanja, you answered my question before it was asked Waterguy Jan 2023 #3

obviously communism wouldn't work - but it's not the threat they say it is Waterguy Sep 2023 #6

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