I didn’t say anything about Marx or Engels. I talked about communism.
Oh dear. 🤦🏽
Ok, let me spell this out…
-
Marx and Engels created the concept of Communism. They carefully defined it.
-
No nation in the history of the world has come close to meeting the criteria/definition of Communism.
-
You cannot pick a Communist nation because not one has ever existed. Literally. By definition.
A dictator who lies about their dictatorship is still a dictator, just as a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Since communism has proven to be impossible to implement and every attempt has resulted in brutal authoritarian regimes, we can either say communism is an incoherent mess of a utopian ideology which can’t exist, or an ideology that de facto endorses brutal authoritarianism. Dealer’s choice
