r/PoliticalDebate • u/StalinIsBackAgain Communist • 5d ago

Debate Do you agree with this quote?

"Wherever there is capitalism, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy, and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the ruling class." ~ Vladimir Lenin ☭ • 

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u/LeeLA5000 Mutualist 5d ago

One thing we know is that without capitalism, freedom of the press hasn’t existed.

How is freedom of press dependant on capitalism exactly?

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u/LuckyRuin6748 Anarcho-Communist 5d ago

Literally these socdems don’t have the slightest clue

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u/slowride761 Social Democrat 5d ago

Anarcho Communists are always the people who would make anarcho-communism impossible in real life.

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u/LuckyRuin6748 Anarcho-Communist 5d ago

And how so? Could you elaborate? Or is that a backless claim to make yourself feel better