You obviously don't understand the definitions of socialism and communism.
Tom Send a noteboard - 10/10/2011 02:41:39 PM
Socialism is state control of most if not all sources of production. It is the form of economic system that the Soviet Union had.
Communism is defined (by the communists, no less) as the stage of development where the state withers away, money is no longer needed and all assets are held in common by the people. There is no example of a communist economic system ever having been implemented on a large scale. The closest thing that I can find is Nestor Makhno's anarchist collectives in the Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.
Communism is defined (by the communists, no less) as the stage of development where the state withers away, money is no longer needed and all assets are held in common by the people. There is no example of a communist economic system ever having been implemented on a large scale. The closest thing that I can find is Nestor Makhno's anarchist collectives in the Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Is communism the true economy of democracies?
- 10/10/2011 01:35:24 AM
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Sorry, not following this.....
- 10/10/2011 03:33:11 AM
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Um, a LOT of places have mixed "free" market and state rule.
- 10/10/2011 05:43:49 AM
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WTF? Canada, Western Europe, and Japan are democracies, not state-rule like China - 
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- 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM
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- 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM
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They are not similar.
- 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM
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That's why Lenin came up with the soviets, though that was pretty naïve, too.
- 10/10/2011 05:54:37 AM
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Lenin died in 1924. The Civil War was over in 1920. He died after several strokes. *NM*
- 10/10/2011 05:30:58 PM
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Sorry, did not realize he survived it that long.
- 11/10/2011 04:21:05 AM
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There is no evidence that Lenin was poisoned.
- 11/10/2011 04:50:28 AM
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That is hardly the only way to kill; in Lenins condition, neglect would have sufficed.
- 11/10/2011 06:28:31 AM
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Let's see...you're asking if property theft by the state is compatible with freedom? No.
- 10/10/2011 04:58:14 AM
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I'm curious how you distinguish "full socialism" from "full communism."
- 10/10/2011 05:32:53 AM
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You obviously don't understand the definitions of socialism and communism.
- 10/10/2011 02:41:39 PM
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In theory, but economics is not politics, making social contracts a bit more dubious.
- 10/10/2011 05:18:39 AM
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No. A thousand times no.
- 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM
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Guess I count myself among those fools, though I pretty much agree with Danny.
- 10/10/2011 10:52:11 AM
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I don't usually answer your scattershot rants, Joel, but you have overextended yourself.
- 10/10/2011 05:28:07 PM
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That still looks like Stalin and Mao rationalizing away the impossibility of their stated goals.
- 11/10/2011 05:59:06 AM
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No time to today, but you're very wrong.
- 11/10/2011 02:32:38 PM
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OK.
- 11/10/2011 03:08:17 PM
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Nope, because free-market democracy totally permits communism already
- 12/10/2011 12:50:36 AM
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