What could and should have been

"My friend! We live in a wonderful time - a time of great construction, extraordinary discoveries, a time of the irrepressible movement of our society towards communism. Our wonderful time is full of the romance of creating something new, full of big dreams. Our tomorrow is the communism we built. Let's dream together today..."

Vasily Zakharencho in "Journey to Tomorrow" how he imagined the future of the USSR.

The Soviet Union might not exist anymore and did not manage to meet its own expectations and aspirations but I still believe in a society based on science, exploration and community. One that is free from the shackles of Capitalism.

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LamontCranston · M

@originnone I love "the shackles of Capitalism" phrase. The engine of prosperity and abundance the world has never experienced before.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@LamontCranston Capitalism produced the inequality killing people of all classes.

LamontCranston · M

@Roundandroundwego The great capitalist, Stalin, killed 20 million of his own countrymen. Mao was close behind. What kind of "historian" are you?

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@LamontCranston Stalin isn't around anymore. But nobody thinks NATO will share the planet anyway.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston Cute coming from someone who quotes the Black Book of Communism that even it's contributors have disavowed. And anyone can play that idiotic game. The Saudi Kings are capitalists, Pinochet, HItler,....etc. Speaks volumes you guys have to go back almost a century to find a Marxist boogey man.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston A yes. The "engine of prosperity " that fails catastrophically every every few year. and has done so for 350 years. Like feudalism it only benefits those at the top.

LamontCranston · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Surely that is DEEP analysis. No commissar ever invented a smartphone. Your "better tomorrow" is Dystopia.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Your comment proves you have no idea about anything.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston Pretty much every piece of tech in a smartphone was created through PUBLIC research and public funding. Capitalism had fuck all to do with it.

LamontCranston · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You are a consummate ass. I do know that.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston I am sorry facts hurt your feelings.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@LamontCranston You started that tone. I guess you can dish it but can't take it.

LamontCranston · M

Your comment initial was gratuitous, incoherent and rather stupid. There is no point in trying to reason with jerks like you. So please accept the block .