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No. A thousand times no. Vodalus Send a noteboard - 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM
Even if we limit this to theoretical merits and ignore the ground-level impact from the things put into practice, the doctrine of the one will end up pretty much negating the other. Communism is a form of secular utopianism so riddled with internal contradictions that it simply cannot stand on its own. History attests this. Now, there are some 4I fools who claim communism, True Communism, has never actually been implemented anywhere, that what was practiced amounted to little more than Red Imperialism, but they're splitting hairs as far as I'm concerned.
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Is communism the true economy of democracies? MrFarstrider - 10/10/2011 01:35:24 AM 1001 Views
Sorry, not following this..... trzaska2000 - 10/10/2011 03:33:11 AM 892 Views
Re: Sorry, not following this..... MrFarstrider - 10/10/2011 03:54:45 AM 741 Views
Um, a LOT of places have mixed "free" market and state rule. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:43:49 AM 851 Views
WTF? Canada, Western Europe, and Japan are democracies, not state-rule like China - *NM* trzaska2000 - 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM 397 Views
Think he means we all have public sector enterprise. Stephen - 10/10/2011 06:24:10 PM 676 Views
Yeah, I thought it was clear as well. Tom - 10/10/2011 06:32:02 PM 714 Views
Yeah, Stephen pretty much covered it. Joel - 11/10/2011 06:10:38 AM 748 Views
They are not similar. MightyYT - 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM 688 Views
Re: They are not similar. MrFarstrider - 10/10/2011 04:47:26 AM 780 Views
That's why Lenin came up with the soviets, though that was pretty naïve, too. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:54:37 AM 650 Views
Lenin died in 1924. The Civil War was over in 1920. He died after several strokes. *NM* Tom - 10/10/2011 05:30:58 PM 284 Views
Sorry, did not realize he survived it that long. Joel - 11/10/2011 04:21:05 AM 757 Views
There is no evidence that Lenin was poisoned. Tom - 11/10/2011 04:50:28 AM 707 Views
That is hardly the only way to kill; in Lenins condition, neglect would have sufficed. Joel - 11/10/2011 06:28:31 AM 702 Views
Let's see...you're asking if property theft by the state is compatible with freedom? No. Tom - 10/10/2011 04:58:14 AM 682 Views
I'm curious how you distinguish "full socialism" from "full communism." Joel - 10/10/2011 05:32:53 AM 655 Views
You obviously don't understand the definitions of socialism and communism. Tom - 10/10/2011 02:41:39 PM 752 Views
OK, I see what you mean now, thanks. Joel - 11/10/2011 04:29:35 AM 674 Views
In theory, but economics is not politics, making social contracts a bit more dubious. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:18:39 AM 857 Views
No, but socialism is. Dannymac - 10/10/2011 06:09:55 AM 737 Views
No. A thousand times no. Vodalus - 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM 812 Views
Guess I count myself among those fools, though I pretty much agree with Danny. Joel - 10/10/2011 10:52:11 AM 741 Views
I don't usually answer your scattershot rants, Joel, but you have overextended yourself. Tom - 10/10/2011 05:28:07 PM 780 Views
That still looks like Stalin and Mao rationalizing away the impossibility of their stated goals. Joel - 11/10/2011 05:59:06 AM 889 Views
No time to today, but you're very wrong. Tom - 11/10/2011 02:32:38 PM 668 Views
OK. Joel - 11/10/2011 03:08:17 PM 644 Views
You really should read more about the Soviet Union. Tom - 11/10/2011 03:19:32 PM 733 Views
Not sure it would change my perceptions. Joel - 11/10/2011 03:41:08 PM 663 Views
In a single word: No. A Deathwatch Guard - 11/10/2011 08:26:36 AM 678 Views
Nope, because free-market democracy totally permits communism already Isaac - 12/10/2011 12:50:36 AM 747 Views
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