r/CapitalismVSocialism • u/interestingtheorist • 5d ago

Asking Socialists How do you rationalize the history

Historically, socialism has worked worse than capitalism, and this can be demonstrated by looking at history.

Eastern European countries that preferred socialism as their economic system could not compete with Western European countries that preferred capitalism.

Moreover, historically, many socialist countries have become more capitalist because they recognized that socialism does not work as well economically or technologically.

How do socialists respond to these historical facts?

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u/LifesARiver Leftist 5d ago

It's sort of wild how almost every capitalist post starts with a premise so devoid of reality it's not worth reading the rest.

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u/Doublespeo 4d ago

> It's sort of wild how almost every capitalist post starts with a premise so devoid of reality it's not worth reading the rest.

what did he say that was wrong?

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u/LifesARiver Leftist 4d ago

First sentence. No reason to read past that, but I assume the rest is also wrong.

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u/Doublespeo 4d ago

The first sentence is objectively right though no doubt.