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 nostr:npub15z6m55mhag4ee38fmaphrwc3uv88vaen3g26yfdl4dpsgcsvsg4qftzr80 1. China wasn't Communist, they tried to achieve Communism using the state and failed, and ended up creating a totalitarian dictatorship. I could understand if you were criticizing their method of achieving Communism, but using China as an example of how bad Communism is, even though they never achieved it, is dishonest.

2. People with a stronger will than others will always try to impose themselves onto people, and so long as hierarchical institutions like the state and capitalism exist they'll continue to do so. 

3. Capitalism and the State aren't human nature. They are relatively recent human constructs. Humanity for most of human history existed in some society similar to that of Communism.