LONG LIVE THE IDÈ OF COMMUNISM!

Communism looks great on paper but I think history has shown it doesn't work so well in practice.

i agree it sounds great but i don't think it will ever be made to work correctly there will always be someone screwing it up

If man was perfect, Communism would be perfect. But alas, man needs monetary drive, and his greed knows no bounds...

Exactly, I don't think people would really be happy under Communism. I mean who wants to be equal to everybody else?

Mirror mirror on the wall,
Whose the greediest of them all?

You are the greediest of all, O Doctor.

if communism was used in america, i would be the big mean rich man!

i agree with TED. greed will always be the downfall for any communism empire.

be it, greed for power, money, status, popularity. they will definitely be corruption going on. or even revengful assassination, worst of all, giving u the most painful torture of your lives.

Ex:- MAO ZE TONG's cultural revolution crap. the most notorious.

If you are the president or the prime minister of the country. best of all, u should haf this golden rules.
NO SELF-INTEREST. everything you implies is for the country.

Country first,
people second,
you the third.

there has never been true communism in this world, just people using the name to fool people...
communism is truly the dream and end of the bad, one day when ppl is a little smarter, the red colour will be painted on every house, and no my brother.. it is not blood, its love.

The best thing for any government, I think, would be that the representatives get paid whatever the average salary is in their constituency. This would encourage improvements economically and for the Representative to listen to their constituents.

Greed us the result of capitalism. It is a system which rewards greed. And society is controlled by the most greedy, who then tell you greed is good.

Countries that have communism have greed too. There is no incentive to have innovation or work well, so production just collapsed.

At 1/14/03 07:23 AM, Ted_Easton wrote: Countries that have communism have greed too. There is no incentive to have innovation or work well, so production just collapsed.

those countries that have communism now, is't communism... its just capitalism coverd in a cute name and color...

Countries that have communism have greed too. There is no incentive to have innovation or work well, so production just collapsed.

Despite the fact that the USSR was one of the most innovative countries ever...

Why do people think that the USSR collapsing was anything to do with the economic system. The USSR collapsed because they tried to change from the Stalinist structure of absolute power to a more democratic one. They also said that the Eastern Bloc countries could have their independence. The then pent-up anger against the system was unleashed, pent up due to the lack of free speech. Which then brought down the system. And Russia was all the worse for it, not that I liked Soviet Russia, or even thought it was communism, but you have to admit, it got the job done.

Russia before the Bolsheviks = Divided weak state
Russia during the Bolsheviks = World Superpower
Russia after the Bolsheviks = Divided weak state

The first fault that the communist governments had was the radical jump from governments. when Marx created the system it was felt that only after a society with a large working class could eventually evolve into a People's republic. MArx felt that at the time when the COmmunist MAnifesto was written Englad and possibly the UNited States were ripe for such a revolution, but the people didn't go for it. Russia, China, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, all had very little working classes or had any real experience in a industrial nation before the communist took over, had these nations been allowed to grow and industrialize vastly first, then Commmunism may have been able to succeed in these nations. But it didn't it won't.

More and more people around the world are realizing that communism doesn't work. Soon communism will be abolished, and kamis everywhere will be disbanded.

I agree with you. It does not work. Even china is reconsidering. They're the hotbed of communism.

You seem very educated. Educated people make educated guesses. See, I can be philisophical too.

You are right, it is human nature to strive for greatness, and many people hate it when they are thought of as equal.

But once Russia came under the Bolsheviks and the Communist regime, the products that were made's quality plummeted. There was no reason for them to be creative, no reason to do their best, or improve.
People seem to need a financial reason to improve, not do something wholly for the benefit of society.

But once Russia came under the Bolsheviks and the Communist regime, the products that were made's quality plummeted.

Is this a "should have" or do you have actual proof of this?

damn communist

At 1/14/03 07:16 AM, Slizor wrote: Greed us the result of capitalism. It is a system which rewards greed. And society is controlled by the most greedy, who then tell you greed is good.

*Rolling eyes*

Please. Human's have always wanted what they don't have, and have always been willing to do wahtever it takes to get what they want. We've been slaughtering, betraying, robbing, etc. each other since long before capitalism was created.

Oh, and the U.S.S.R. WAS NOT A COMMUNIST NATION! There never has been, nor will be, a true communist state. And if you think life in the Soviet Union was great(workers living comfortably)then you're full of shit or just plain retarded. The workers were still poor as dirt, and the politicians were still filthy rich.

Oh, and the U.S.S.R. WAS NOT A COMMUNIST NATION! There never has been, nor will be, a true communist state. And if you think life in the Soviet Union was great(workers living comfortably)then you're full of shit or just plain retarded. The workers were still poor as dirt, and the politicians were still filthy rich.

He's right...furthermore if it was truly a communist nation then the government wouldn't have existed. In a true communist state neither government nor religion exists.

communism on its own is a good idea. but past leaders always decide its a good idea to mix it with socialism. this is a very bad idea and doesn't work. maybe some leader in the future will try communism on its own but i don't see it in the near future

At 1/14/03 01:17 PM, Gorbechev wrote: More and more people around the world are realizing that communism doesn't work. Soon communism will be abolished, and kamis everywhere will be disbanded.

all u read about communism is bullshit.. the shit u read is written by capitalistic pigs, who are afraid of communism...
everybody is afraid of changes...

but sometimes u have to change...

USA is the biggest enemy of communism, USA is so afraid they would loose their big power over the world if communism would grow.

You guys should read up on something called Libertarian Socialism. Noam Chomsky's an outspoken advocate of it. It's something of a cross between communism and anarchy.

Anyway, in 50 years, there won't be any labour class. It'll all be done by robots. This will result in mass unemployment, and eventual revolution, which will set the stage for an eventual society of intellectuals and artists.

Please. Human's have always wanted what they don't have

That is because there has always been inequality.

and have always been willing to do wahtever it takes to get what they want. We've been slaughtering, betraying, robbing, etc. each other since long before capitalism was created.

Indeed, capitalism proliferates greed.

I am from the Czech Republik. If any of you still knows it as Czechoslovakia, he/she is an asshole that is stuck in 1990. I DO know what the great ideals of the communism are, but I despise everything that has anything to do with the bastards. It is not true the quality of the products decreased, it is simply that there was no innovation at all! For 45 long years! And the products that where availible where very rare. The waiting list for a car, for example, was up to 25 years! It was hell for everyone but the upper class that leeched on the work of others. Ha, kapitalists are parasites my ass, if there was a parasite in that time, it was the elite of the communistic countries.