• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    The political compass was a psyop to legitimize authoritarianism and pretend that leftist movements could be authoritarian.

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      So explain all those leftist movements that ended up creating dictatorships like the Soviet Union and the PRC.

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        I’m sorry I have to be the one to tell you this, but calling a country communist doesn’t make it a communist country, that would require implementing communist principles which are inherently at odds with a top down autocracy.

        Leftist ideologies are not compatible with authoritarianism.

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            Labor owning the means of production and the value of their labor, as well as every person actually being equal and having equal influence means the system inherently is collective rather than authoritative.