Okay modern China I get, but the USSR? You don’t think the USSR were a socialist republic at any point? What kind of communist even are you?
You argue the Culture are communist but the compact isn’t based on a monopoly of violence yet I am sure if you tried to use violence that the Minds didn’t agree with they would have you stopped in short order. Don’t they have something called a slap drone in the culture for people who do things that are unpopular? Since they don’t have laws it’s not like you get a court trial even. I would argue it’s worse than the Affini which at least pretends to have procedures and rules. Minds can basically do whatever they want provided the other Minds approve.
Okay modern China I get, but the USSR? You don’t think the USSR were a socialist republic at any point? What kind of communist even are you?
You argue the Culture are communist but the compact isn’t based on a monopoly of violence yet I am sure if you tried to use violence that the Minds didn’t agree with they would have you stopped in short order. Don’t they have something called a slap drone in the culture for people who do things that are unpopular? Since they don’t have laws it’s not like you get a court trial even. I would argue it’s worse than the Affini which at least pretends to have procedures and rules. Minds can basically do whatever they want provided the other Minds approve.