Communism is a bad idea. It relies upon a common good that is easily found and people who will easily agree to this good, the common good is not easily found due to the conflicts in desires and people will disagree to serve this good out of servitude of their own good.
Cyanide wrote:
The world isn't ready for Communism.
Communism needs a closely-knit society that is similar in language and ethnicity where part of their culture is to help one's fellow countrymen...and of course a good work ethic. Prohibiting all immigrants would probably help too.
I agree with that, but your ideas sound very anti-liberal and almost fascist. What I think your ideas would breed is a totalitarian state where conformity is maintained through terror and murder. Not only that but I think that the entire ideal maintained through this manner would result in a structure that would lead to corruption and disintegration of the original ideal.
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Pure capitalism is the old fashioned Oligarchy dressed up in the Emperor's new clothes.
Not really, whether or not it will end up being oligarchical is another question, but pure capitalism didn't maintain the old oligarchy, but as even Marx noted, it created a new oligarchy. In truth, capitalism is the most dynamic system human beings have allowed and it is also the most freedom seeking. Paternalism and class relations were the dominant ways of life before capitalism and after, it fell more to individualistic calculations. Now, I am not going to compare the highly capitalist nations to the more social market nations, such would be ridiculous as so much would be taken out of context.
Trigger11 wrote:
True Communism, as Karl Marx defined it, is intended to be a utopian society where everyone works for the common good and the government provides for the needs of the people. What is actually practiced is not Communism, so the question is not valid. There has yet to be a true Communist state.
Ask the same question about Capitalism and I will emphatically answer YES!
The only issue with that matter is that there is no reason to believe that there will ever be a true Communist state. Marxian predictions do not seem to necessarily be valid, the business cycle for example is much calmer now than in the past whereas Marx predicted greater fluctuations, imperialism is often found to be an act to enrich selected individuals rather than a necessary part of capitalism, the welfare of people at the bottom tends to be increasing rather than declining, and I believe if I remember correctly, the amount of monopolization in the economy is relatively constant.
Really though, I would think that if you were truly a Marxian, you wouldn't hold capitalism as necessarily so evil either. Marx actually does laud it for its creative power and even though it is viewed from a Marxian view as a temporary evil, it is also seen as necessary. One cannot be emphatic in denouncing what one regards as a necessary evil.