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> The name libcom is an abbreviation of "libertarian communism" It blows my mind that some people think communism hasn't been tried enough times. "Yes it failed 999 times before, but THIS flavor of communism will definitely work!"
the biggest argument against this is that communist countries still achieve great things in the face of MASSIVE setbacks and sanctions from capitalist countries with lots of power. Yet after an initial period of food insecurity, these nations tend to do great for a while. For example, the CIA reported that the Soviet diet had less calories and was more nutritious than the American diet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet...
I'm sure the millions of Ukrainians who were forcibly starved during the Holodomor really appreciated the low calorie diets supplied by the USSR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Characterizing the forcible starvation of millions as "a period of food insecurity" is peak techie-communism for me. Thanks for the laugh! :)