> First of all, communism and in general left-wing politics are viewed with a significant bias in the western world, even more in the US.
They are not being viewed more favorable in former East Block countries either. So what what is left there?
> While there have been many societies claiming to be socialist, none would actually qualify from a political theory perspective (it was something more akin to propaganda, e.g. look, we achieved socialism!).
Nonetheless those are the societies that are being cherished by the remaining fans of Socialism in the West. Especially in countries like Germany where there is a generation of kids who hear only the good things (everybody had a job!) about the DDR making it look like some kind of paradise (it actually was one in the East Block since everybody else was working to make the DDR look like one).
> Even then, it's worth noting that those societies developed in an environment of extreme hostility from other nations
Oh please. You can say that about every society. It depends on how much you reach backwards or how much you are ready to ignore.
Just like we see the growing ignorance of the evil that was fascism, there will come a time where a growing ignorance of state socialism will become mainstream and I'm afraid of that. I fled this madness once already and since the fans of state socialism today are not even ready to come up with new solutions to the issues this idealism had, there won't be new ideas later.
They are not being viewed more favorable in former East Block countries either. So what what is left there?
> While there have been many societies claiming to be socialist, none would actually qualify from a political theory perspective (it was something more akin to propaganda, e.g. look, we achieved socialism!).
Nonetheless those are the societies that are being cherished by the remaining fans of Socialism in the West. Especially in countries like Germany where there is a generation of kids who hear only the good things (everybody had a job!) about the DDR making it look like some kind of paradise (it actually was one in the East Block since everybody else was working to make the DDR look like one).
> Even then, it's worth noting that those societies developed in an environment of extreme hostility from other nations
Oh please. You can say that about every society. It depends on how much you reach backwards or how much you are ready to ignore.
Just like we see the growing ignorance of the evil that was fascism, there will come a time where a growing ignorance of state socialism will become mainstream and I'm afraid of that. I fled this madness once already and since the fans of state socialism today are not even ready to come up with new solutions to the issues this idealism had, there won't be new ideas later.