Boy, OP, here comes all the angry tankies in this post and in your comment box. RIP.

Welcome to cop city.

Despite the differences, ideologues from any group say the same thing: “But, but, it wasn’t real [insert favourite ideology]. It has actually never even been tried!”

Yeah, I don’t really care about what the rose-tinted form ought to be, I am more concerned about what it has been in practice. I can’t remember who it was but a Greek philosopher mentioned practising and observing a concept to see if it works in real life or not, or what could be rectified. This is important.

not a fan of authoritarian state capitalist regimes parading as “communist states” myself.

but what do i know. im just some prole. :(

Socialism builds walls to keep people in, capitalism builds walls to keep people out.
The commonality is that people aren’t happy where they are and are prevented from moving by systems of violence.