/lit/ - Literature

Unironically start watching Parenti lectures on Youtube. Start with the earlier 80s ones. Parenti goes into the problems with this argument a few times in his early talks.

https://youtu.be/FUWrgLpazwE

If you're interested in reading any further, read Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds. It's the best way to get into Parenti, and you'll also find a much more indepth argument against the "never worked" argument that liberals make, from an actual Marxist's perspective.