At 1/30/05 10:32 AM, silent666 wrote:
Communism would be a type of egalitarian society with no state, no private property and no social classes. In communism, all property is owned by the community as a whole, and all people enjoy equal social and economic status. Perhaps the best known principle of a communist society is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Thats what communism is on paper, but if you look at every communist society ever created, you'll notice that all of them had a centralized government that just fucked things over. Every time this system has been put in place, it has never passed the second stage of Marx thesis, wich happens to be socialism. Socialism is when the state is still there and governs how the economy will work. Socialism guarantees employement for all, wich is good in a way because everyone is used, but bad in another sense because people will be forced to work in factory jobs that are repetitive and uninspiring.
So believe in communism if you want to, but bear in mind that the system would never work for a number of reasons. Human greed, selfishness and competitiveness are only some of these problems that block any chance of communism ever working. Oh, and the way you describe communism as a system "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" sounds more like sometime an anarchist would say. Anarchy is a system where people do what they want and do what they can. In communism, the needs of the community come before the need of the individual.
Besides, if communism ever was put in place, the only people who would have a better lifestyle would be the very poor. So even if your'e average, your life will probably go down a notch.