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They are not similar. MightyYT Send a noteboard - 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM
The principles that Locke spoke of need one more element to make them work effectively. Self-Responsibilty. In Locke's vision, people should be and are responsible for themselves in most things, and only come together for things that cannot be done alone, namely defense from other nation's and the few laws needed to make society run efficiently (murder, thieving, etc).

In Communism, it's principles are based an idealistic view of humanity. In communism, Marx's true vision (which there is not much said about in his writings), humanity has no greed, no reason to be jealous of anyone else, no reason to be selfish. It completely ignores the truth about humanity in that humanity as a whole are greedy and selfish and will not normally do something unless it directly benefits themselves, and that as whole, they are lazy. You have probably worked with the people who will do the bare minimum at any given thing. But there is no oversight for the people at the top.
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Is communism the true economy of democracies? - 10/10/2011 01:35:24 AM 734 Views
Sorry, not following this..... - 10/10/2011 03:33:11 AM 550 Views
Re: Sorry, not following this..... - 10/10/2011 03:54:45 AM 465 Views
Um, a LOT of places have mixed "free" market and state rule. - 10/10/2011 05:43:49 AM 572 Views
WTF? Canada, Western Europe, and Japan are democracies, not state-rule like China - *NM* - 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM 203 Views
Think he means we all have public sector enterprise. - 10/10/2011 06:24:10 PM 405 Views
Yeah, I thought it was clear as well. - 10/10/2011 06:32:02 PM 441 Views
Yeah, Stephen pretty much covered it. - 11/10/2011 06:10:38 AM 478 Views
They are not similar. - 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM 426 Views
Re: They are not similar. - 10/10/2011 04:47:26 AM 501 Views
No, but socialism is. - 10/10/2011 06:09:55 AM 478 Views
No. A thousand times no. - 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM 564 Views
Guess I count myself among those fools, though I pretty much agree with Danny. - 10/10/2011 10:52:11 AM 467 Views
I don't usually answer your scattershot rants, Joel, but you have overextended yourself. - 10/10/2011 05:28:07 PM 508 Views
That still looks like Stalin and Mao rationalizing away the impossibility of their stated goals. - 11/10/2011 05:59:06 AM 516 Views
No time to today, but you're very wrong. - 11/10/2011 02:32:38 PM 402 Views
OK. - 11/10/2011 03:08:17 PM 389 Views
You really should read more about the Soviet Union. - 11/10/2011 03:19:32 PM 472 Views
Not sure it would change my perceptions. - 11/10/2011 03:41:08 PM 377 Views
In a single word: No. - 11/10/2011 08:26:36 AM 398 Views

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