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1. Communism can't work because of human nature

2. Marxism is a religion/cult

3. Communism killed XYZ people

4. Communism always fails/never worked

5. Communism always results in dictatorship

6. Marxism is non-falsifiable

7. Mudpie argument

8. Economic Calculation Problem

9. Capitalists earned and deserve their wealth

10. Good on paper, bad in practice

11. Capitalism is the best system so far

12. "That wasn't real communism" argument

13. No food

14. No innovation

15. Berlin wall

16. Same thing as nazism/fascism

17. It's an evil ideology

18. Socialdemocracy is the best ideology

19. No empirical proof of LTV

20. The tragedy of the commons

21. Lack of incentive to work

22. Local knowledge problem

23. Lack of Creative Destruction

24. Capitalism lifted billions out of poverty

25. Marxism is utopian

26. Claiming that all history is one of class struggle is reductionist

27. USSR damage to environment (es. Aral Sea)

28. "The New Class" theory

29. Lack of checks and balances

30. Communism is a pretext so dictators can get to power

help me gather more anti communist arguments if you have anything else (bonus if someone can comment a counter-argument to all of these)

1. Communism can't work because of human nature

2. Marxism is a religion/cult

3. Communism killed XYZ people

4. Communism always fails/never worked

5. Communism always results in dictatorship

6. Marxism is non-falsifiable

7. Mudpie argument

8. Economic Calculation Problem

9. Capitalists earned and deserve their wealth

10. Good on paper, bad in practice

11. Capitalism is the best system so far

12. "That wasn't real communism" argument

13. No food

14. No innovation

15. Berlin wall

16. Same thing as nazism/fascism

17. It's an evil ideology

18. Socialdemocracy is the best ideology

19. No empirical proof of LTV

20. The tragedy of the commons

21. Lack of incentive to work

22. Local knowledge problem

23. Lack of Creative Destruction

24. Capitalism lifted billions out of poverty

25. Marxism is utopian

26. Claiming that all history is one of class struggle is reductionist

27. USSR damage to environment (es. Aral Sea)

28. "The New Class" theory

29. Lack of checks and balances

30. Communism is a pretext so dictators can get to power

help me gather more anti communist arguments if you have anything else (bonus if someone can comment a counter-argument to all of these)

I hate how sometimes I stumble upon some video or article with a "Was Marx right?" headline, only for it to propose Keynesian socialdemocratic solutions to the briefly-addressed and misinterpreted marxist critiques of capitalism.

ex. "I am a maoist because..." or "I am an anarchist because..."

Checkmate dengoids

How the fuck is it possible that we are on St. Petersburg, 15 players, and ZERO SAPPERS!!????!

I swear I'd let these mfs DIE and I'm tired of always being the sapper, I actually wanna enjoy the fucking game. I'm starting to think shamblers are more intelligent at this point