[quote=CA renter][quote=ltsdd][quote=FlyerInHi]
Russia, China, Vietnam now do have billionaires and ownership in a capitalist sense. But that’s capitalism, not communism.[/quote]

Isn’t that enough proof there that marxism is shit?[/quote]

No, it’s proof that corruption is shit. Those countries are not truly socialist countries. They are/were under the control of a dictatorial regime…that’s the complete opposite of socialism.

Any type of economic system will fail if corruption becomes rampant. But there is only one system that can reasonably contain corruption and that’s socialism. With capitalism, wealth and power are concentrated. When wealth and power are concentrated, corruption will be endemic, whether it’s a capitalist system or a “communist” system.

In a true socialist system, the hierarchy is relatively flat, and those who have are in more powerful positions are accountable to the masses. This helps prevent the power/wealth inequality that drives corruption and better ensures the well-being of the majority of the population.[/quote]

You are contradicting yourself here. If socialism is one system that can reasonably contain corruption, as you claimed, then please explain why it hasn’t been able to do so in the aforementioned “socialist” countries? And why is corruption appears to be worse in those “socialist” countries than it is in the non-socialist countries?