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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 875 Views
Sorry, not following this..... trzaska2000 - 10/10/2011 03:33:11 AM 755 Views
Re: Sorry, not following this..... MrFarstrider - 10/10/2011 03:54:45 AM 606 Views
Um, a LOT of places have mixed "free" market and state rule. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:43:49 AM 709 Views
WTF? Canada, Western Europe, and Japan are democracies, not state-rule like China - *NM* trzaska2000 - 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM 333 Views
Think he means we all have public sector enterprise. Stephen - 10/10/2011 06:24:10 PM 532 Views
Yeah, I thought it was clear as well. Tom - 10/10/2011 06:32:02 PM 579 Views
Yeah, Stephen pretty much covered it. Joel - 11/10/2011 06:10:38 AM 621 Views
They are not similar. MightyYT - 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM 564 Views
Re: They are not similar. MrFarstrider - 10/10/2011 04:47:26 AM 643 Views
That's why Lenin came up with the soviets, though that was pretty naïve, too. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:54:37 AM 508 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 225 Views
Sorry, did not realize he survived it that long. Joel - 11/10/2011 04:21:05 AM 620 Views
There is no evidence that Lenin was poisoned. Tom - 11/10/2011 04:50:28 AM 552 Views
That is hardly the only way to kill; in Lenins condition, neglect would have sufficed. Joel - 11/10/2011 06:28:31 AM 574 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 547 Views
I'm curious how you distinguish "full socialism" from "full communism." Joel - 10/10/2011 05:32:53 AM 527 Views
You obviously don't understand the definitions of socialism and communism. Tom - 10/10/2011 02:41:39 PM 617 Views
OK, I see what you mean now, thanks. Joel - 11/10/2011 04:29:35 AM 542 Views
In theory, but economics is not politics, making social contracts a bit more dubious. Joel - 10/10/2011 05:18:39 AM 713 Views
No, but socialism is. Dannymac - 10/10/2011 06:09:55 AM 617 Views
No. A thousand times no. Vodalus - 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM 687 Views
Guess I count myself among those fools, though I pretty much agree with Danny. Joel - 10/10/2011 10:52:11 AM 610 Views
I don't usually answer your scattershot rants, Joel, but you have overextended yourself. Tom - 10/10/2011 05:28:07 PM 632 Views
That still looks like Stalin and Mao rationalizing away the impossibility of their stated goals. Joel - 11/10/2011 05:59:06 AM 675 Views
No time to today, but you're very wrong. Tom - 11/10/2011 02:32:38 PM 537 Views
OK. Joel - 11/10/2011 03:08:17 PM 514 Views
You really should read more about the Soviet Union. Tom - 11/10/2011 03:19:32 PM 606 Views
Not sure it would change my perceptions. Joel - 11/10/2011 03:41:08 PM 522 Views
In a single word: No. A Deathwatch Guard - 11/10/2011 08:26:36 AM 540 Views
Nope, because free-market democracy totally permits communism already Isaac - 12/10/2011 12:50:36 AM 601 Views
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