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Post by reganbrownbridge on Dec 17, 2010 12:23:15 GMT -5
I've always thought that communism fundamentally sounds wonderful. Abbolish classes, everyone is equal, and make government decisions that will benefit everyone. There is no private enterprise so people won't abuse others naive understanding. Everyone supports everyone else. There is no room for greed. Why does communism ultimately fail every time it is practiced? Do the leaders of communist countries actually believe in communism? They try to abbolish all classes, but they leave themselves above everyone, taking from the wealth of the nation. In order for communism to work the bourgeuise class must be destroyed or spread out so the proleteriant class can take over, but as soon as a succesfull revolution takes place the people or leader that used to be a proleteriant gets wealth and becomes a bourgeuise. Kind of ironic.
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Jan 11, 2011 11:53:33 GMT -5
The reality is that a classless society (and competition by extension) is unabolishable.
Whenever you have any kind of authority in place you have a situation where one is above another. In this sense, then, class always exists as there will be those that "have" and those that "don't have".
Farther to that, in a communist society you'll still have envy; that is, my neighbor's wife is more beautiful than mine; my neighbor is smarter than me, etc. etc.
Communism doesn't work expressly because it ignores that competition is part of the natural condition of humankind; moreover, communists tend to force agreement upon people from "above" whereas the reality is people disagree about a great many things. For this reason democracy is a far better system, in that, it may not be as efficient as communism (dictatorship) when it comes to decision-making but the decisions made will be relevant and viewed as legitimate by the majority of people because their opinions/needs will genuinely be taken into account.
Communism is in reality just, and only, authoritarianism. There's nothing good about this outside of the principles you mentioned above, i.e. equality. However, the cost in terms of happiness and people to force equality on people isn't worth it in the long run. We need a political and economic system that can help people help themselves (and encourage people to have a sense of civic responsibility to their fellow citizens). You'll find when people act because they want to (as opposed to because they have to or are forced) they'll be more generous with their time and resources.
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