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Communism?




Topic started on 20-7-2005 @ 02:27 PM by GodAtum




There’s nothing wrong with communism except that it evokes Adam Smith. There’s never been a communsit country either, they were all socialist.



What do you think?



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reply posted on 21-7-2005 @ 02:53 PM by Frosty


Lies and propoganda(it provokes more people than AS). Suppose you've never heard of the Soviet Union.



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reply posted on 21-7-2005 @ 02:58 PM by Odium


There has never been a Socialist or a Communist Nation.

You can put a name to anything, does it make it that? Of course not.

If through ignorance I call a rose a bleubell does it change wha the rose is? no.



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reply posted on 7-9-2005 @ 08:28 PM by Raideur


The USSR was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and, to put it frankly, did not practice communism, but rather a harsh and non democractic socialism. The only truely communist groups are religious or, well, I dont any other term, Hippie groups who all understand the goal of communism and practice it. Those are the true Utopias.



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reply posted on 5-10-2005 @ 05:52 PM by Odium


I would also like to point out, Adam Smith was not a Communist. In fact, his book "The Wealth of Nations" is one of the starting points in defence of Capitalism against Communism...

In fact, this book was highly attacked by Karl Marx...



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reply posted on 7-10-2005 @ 02:48 PM by Frosty



Originally posted by Raideur
The USSR was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and, to put it frankly, did not practice communism, but rather a harsh and non democractic socialism. The only truely communist groups are religious or, well, I dont any other term, Hippie groups who all understand the goal of communism and practice it. Those are the true Utopias.


I love that, non-democratic socialism. LOL! Honestly, what does it matter whether it is a monarchy or democracy? Communism is an economic idea, not a political structure...socialism as well.



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reply posted on 7-10-2005 @ 04:32 PM by Odium


Frosty, Communism/Socialism has in fact a lot to do with the will of the people and in turn has a lot to do with Democracy, people just don't realise it.



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reply posted on 13-12-2005 @ 01:25 AM by Raideur


Its rather unfortunent it had to be twisted into something that is by definition "evil" to the western world, but socialism is ok....cough..



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reply posted on 6-8-2007 @ 04:44 PM by Atticus_Black



Originally posted by GodAtum


There’s nothing wrong with communism except that it evokes Adam Smith. There’s never been a communsit country either, they were all socialist.



What do you think?



well clearly there has never been a communist country,only socialist country's, communism as an ideology advocates that everyone working together to help the community (thats a very basic version) to be a truly communist country it would essentially have no leaders because everyone would be working to help everyone else. In order to get to this true communist utopia, the workers would have been controlled via the dictatorship of the proletariat until such a time that the workers would be ready for this communal utopia.

This is never going to happen, all we will ever see is a lot of socialist country's speaking of the communist dream and never having no chance in putting the dream into practice.



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