Thread 17924020

Why did people fall for it? Why didn't they immediately realize it was too good to be true?
Better question: Why do (some) people still believe in it?

>>17924020 (OP)
>why
because communism promises the have-nots control and power and wealth all take from the haves....

and given that there are always many many more have-nots than haves.........

>>17924020 (OP)
>Why did people fall for it?
Populist rhetoric
>Why didn't they immediately realize it was too good to be true?
Probably because they realized the point was that the only way for the working class to raise their standard of living and truly seize the means of production was to continue to fight for their right as a whole. I don't understand why you'd think they were meant to "immediately realize" anything
>Better question: Why do (some) people still believe in it?
Populist rhetoric

communist poland had much better education than today
people had more culture
people were better to each other
people had more children

>>17924020 (OP)
Why would you assume something is too good to be true right off the bat?

>Hey guys you know how you live in a mud hut eating turnips while the guy who owns your village lives in a palace and eats caviar? What if we changed that?
>Hmmm, I dunno,sounds too good to be true

>>17924114
Yeah, now another guy can eat caviar in his palace because the proles are stupid enough to kill for him

>>17924110
idk, common sense?
>lets just share everything bro, everyone is equal, what could possibly go wrong