1 name 3 countries that are communists?\n2 what type of government is a communist?
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The following is a list of current communist countries\n\n\nChina\n\nCuba\n\nLaos\n\nNorth Korea\n\nVietnam\n\nA Communist state is a state governed by a single political party which declares its allegiance to the principles of Marxism-Leninism.\n\nThe leaders of Communist states have generally referred to them as socialist states, as in communist political theory "communism" is defined as a classless, egalitarian, and stateless society, and socialism is a transitional phase implemented by the governing Communist Party.
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Well besides my Avatar and screen name saying it all I'll elaborate.\n\nCommunism is so damn romaticised todays as been a form of liberation and equality for all but what most people don't realise is that in communist societies everyone is equal but not in a good way. You work equally as hard, you get equally as little money and in the end Party members are more "equal" than everyone else.\n\nPeople (like here) ramble on about how great communism is on paper and how wonderful it must be in it's purest form. What I want to point out here is that EVERY communist country hasn't followed communism 'by the book' and have always turned into a terrible society where everything is collectivised, the Party rules all with an iron fist and all suffer and work insanely hard and in the end get lied to. This is what communism is and has become synonymous with. \nWhat it isn't synonymous (for most) is utter evil. It has claimed more lives than anything else in the world. Around 100,000,000 people have died because of communism. Add up the death tally for China, USSR, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cuba, etc and it will reach this total but everyone calls Nazism the epitome of evil. Communists did everything the Nazis did but still communism is so romanticised.\n\nLets look at Russia to answer your Q of people wanting it's return. Go to the link (political parties in Russia now) and you'll notice that so many have the word "people's" or "communist" or "red" or even "bolshevik" in the title. It could really happen there but never like they once were.\nI can sort of understand the desire of so many Russians for communism's return. Think about it... under communism Russia was a world power that equalled the US. Now they are a shadow of their former selves. I hear crime and corruption is rife in Russia, neo-Nazis are running around all over and the quality of life isn't so good (heard this all from Russians myself). People there probably see communism as a way to regain that lost political power and restore control over everything like in the days of the Reds.
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Communism as such means a political party in favour of the working class. It was party formed by the workers to oppose the rich or the wealtheir. The working class has always been oppressed under the rich factory owner who used to utilise them.\n\nJust like any other countries, there are labor union for companies, but in kerala, the communist party being very strong and supporting to the workers, there you can see many workers union for 90% of the factories and companies. This in a way was/is to support the interest of the workers.
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anti-communism, cant say much else
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well they are a communist nation, and censorship is what communists do. impure communism is corrupt and the ruling group still feels it needs to crush dissent. if the chinese government allowed uncesored blogs and search engines, the people would organize and overthrow the communist regime. china is just trying to hold to to what will soon be an extinct form of government.
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One more thing: in my view, a communist government is superior to a capitalist system in war time. A communist country has a lot of parallels with the military: its organisation, mindset, allocation of resources etc...yet at the same time, a lack of violent protests when bodybags start coming home (just look at the casualties in the wave attacks they used to employ - see the film Enemy at the Gates?)...\n\nWith regard to ground troops, a lot of the numnbers you see are part of their paramilitary public security force (basically your police), and are relatively untrained in modern combat. Most of this force is defensive - however, this will probably change as China is seeking to project its presence around the region in the coming years. \n\nAs of this moment, the PLA's offensive capability is rather limited. The main stay of its air force is still based on the aging soviet warplanes, while the majority of its navy (with the exception of the Sovremenny Class destroyers carrying the sunburn missles) is ancient. The PLA is trying to build its own light carrier but this is estimated to take at least another 10 to 15 years. However, be mindful that superior technology is not everything: The US has not won any war in Asia since WWII....\n\nBTW, one of the people who answered your question stated that the PLA is undefeated other than the First Sino-Japanese war. This is incorrect on 2 fronts: (1) The PLA was formed only after 1949, before that, it was the communist party and Chiang Kai Shiek's Guomindang army. Both of these fought against the japanese but it was mainly the Guomingdang that faced the Japanese due to georgraphy; and (2) the PLA has fought a number of border wars with Vietnam in which they came out No. 2. \n\nMore importantly, look at it this way: China has been stepped on by the Western powers for the past 200 years (imagine your country losing a war and then having to give a lease of your land to other nations - Hong Kong, or have one of your cities split up among other countries - see Shanghai in the early 1900s). \n\nI believe that the country is basically not your aggressive war mongering nation from its historical actions (they prefer to bribe and make money rather than conquer by force). However, it has learnt the hard way that a country with a weak military force can and will be bullied by others. \n\nIn this modern day and age, a purely defensive force is insufficient for a country with ambitions to be respected internationally. \n\nMy view is that China is not only building up its defensive capabilities but also upgrading its offensive capability to counter potential threats like Taiwan (Taiwan has stated that it will flatten Chinese cities if it is invaded), Japan (historical reasons), the US (if they come into the picture on the Taiwan front) and maybe even North Korea (a belligerent & strong North Korea is not necessarily in China's best interest). \n\nAny large country with the ability to do so will do the same (see the Indian Army - ex russian aircraft carrier, Mig 29s as mainstays etc)
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There is Liberal Deomcracies like the US, UK and most of europe, where people can vote and the government allowed private properties and business and does not interfere too much in the economy. Communism like China and Russia in the past, this is where the government owns everything and people have limited political rights. There is also fascism like Germany and Italy in the Second World War, this is a chaotic system where the government rigidly controls the social structure of the country.\n\nIf I were you I'd look up Liberalism, Socialism, Communism and Fascism on wikipedia or answers.com. Or even better get a book from the library.
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Communism is just dictatorship by another name.\n\nUnder the communist system you only require one political party - a party of the people, as every one is equal and therefore the is no requirement for additional parties.\n\nThe old USSR was closer to the true communist system than many people imagined.\n\nEven Karl Marx, regarded as the founder of socialism, did not see communism as being right for the people. He called it a form of State Capitalism, whereby the ruling dictact had absolute control, thereby denying the proletariat (the ordinary people) a say in running the country.
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What an excellent question! If anyone has called you a Socialist Bimbo for asking this question, please ignore them. Chances are that they probably don’t have a good understanding of the concept anyway, and they are only calling you names because they’ve heard that “Socialism/Communism is bad”. I doubt that they could give you a satisfactory explanantion. It speaks volumes about your character that you’re actually trying to learn something. We really need to see more questions like this on Answers.com.\n\nSocialism is a particular type of socio-economic doctrine which advocates social control over the distribution of wealth and property. Basically, rather than having private ownership of the means of production, there is collective, social control.\nThis stands in stark contrast to Capitalism. Capitalism is a socio-economic doctrine which advocates private ownership of property and over the means of production. You can think of these different doctrines as being on a continuum with zero social control of property on the far left and absolute social control on the far right.\n\nOn the far left, you would have Capitalism, and next you would find “Mixed economies”. The United States is actually not a Capitalist country anymore, we are really a mixed economy where there is some social control of propery. Think of things like public parks, which are collectively owned.  As you continue to the right, you will find Socialism, and finally, you will find Communism where the “State” owns everything. There is absolutely zero private property in a Communist economy.\n\nSo that’s the basic breakdown, and now I will quickly explain the problems with “State” ownership of property. Imagine for a moment that you live in a Communist country. The government owns everything including property and businesses. You wake up in the morning and go to work, just like you might here in the U.S., but there is one key difference. In a Communist system, the government owns everything; they get your paycheck at the end of the week. Even if you are the hardest worker in the entire country, they take your whole paycheck. They also collect everyone else’s paychecks throughout the entire country and then they decide the best way to spend “their” money.\n\nMore than likely they will give you some of it back. They will give you enough for food and water, and perhaps even some for medicine if you need it (if there is any money left). That might not sound too bad to you. Everyone has at least the bare neccesities. But there are some serious problems with the system. Imagine that one of your coworkers is extremely lazy. He reports to work just like you, but he doesn’t lift a finger. Actually, imagine that he doesn’t even show up at work; he just sleeps in. At the end of the week, he’ll get exactly the same amount of money that you will. Why should you keep working?\n\nYou probably think that it isn’t fair for him to get paid the same amount when he isn’t doing anything, so the next day when you go in to work you don’t do anything either. Or perhaps you just sleep in too. Don’t worry though, at the end of the week, you’ll still get paid. Whether you work or not, you get paid the same amount. Do you see how this causes a problem? It removes all of the incentive for people to work, and pretty soon everyone is either not working or doing a halfhearted job. It turns out that Communist countries are extremly poor for this reason. \nIf instead, you don’t pay people who don’t come to work they’ll learn that they need to work if they expect money. Also, when you allow people to be paid more for working harder, you give them an incentive to put in extra effort. This is what capitalism is based on.\n\nThere are a range of Socialist movements, each with their own positions on how much social ownership the governement should have. Some Socialists are indistinguishable from Communists, while others lean closer to a “Mixed Econo
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Most of the countries you named have had nothing to do with Communism.  Germany???  Try Fascism, which is the farthest thing from Communism you can get!\n\nI don't think you have much of a grip on history, "isms", or the current situation in the Middle East. \n\nYou sound just like the type of guy the Army is looking for....
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Share w them what u have learnt. \n\nTell them communism is utopian.\n\nTell them socialism is somewhere between communism and capitalism. It promotes REAL democracy, save the environment, doesn't need people to work like a dog... etc./
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Please!  We all know the definition of Communism in its true since, but China, Cuba an others are still considered Communist countries.  America is a Capitalist/Socialist country as well given that we supply benefits to the elderly and many, many, many other services.\n\nRepublicans like to label Socialism as horrible as if it were a third world country democracy.  Socialism does what a government is suppose to do and that is Protect freedom, and offer services to its people.  Does this not sound like America!!!  Most Socialist countries might pay higher taxes, but there citizens dont pay for health care, retirement and many others we pay a fortune for.  Many citizens in socialist countrys live better lives than we do in America.
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Stalin was a liberal..not a conservative. He was a communist.  By definition, communists are to the left of the political spectrum.  Other "liberal" evil dictators. Napoleon, Tito, and every other soviet leader. Oh, don't forget Putin today. He is still a communist.
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When you say 'we', what do YOU mean, exactly? Please take your communism and your rhetoric and go back where you came from. THANK you!\n\nwww.reportillegals.com
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Socialism is a form of government that controls its society through over taxation. Nobody really rich, nobody really poor. Due to the fact that most Socialist regimes have more funds going out, then coming in, they are destined to go bankrupt. Socialism has had success in countries that have people sharing the same ideologies. (usually places that don't like immigration like Finland, Norway ect.). Communism differs in that it does not allow a balance of privatization vs. government at all and is controlled by more authoritarian measures. Everything is for the "state", and market economies are not allowed to exist. Lack of ownership by individuals is another difference between Communism and Socialism. Hillary Clinton agenda is a good example of a socialist. Chavez in Venezuela is a good example of how Communism takes root.....Best to think of governments in this way. Draw a line.....at the furthest left is communism....then socialism...then the democratic party in the US....then moderate.....then repblican party US.........then fascism.......and all the way Right no government.
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Capitalism government: a goverment that's run on "an economic system based on the production of commodities for sale, exchange, and profit" (wikipedia)\nBiggest capitalistic government: Britain (from mid to late nineteenth century)\n\nCommunism: "a political ideology that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production" (wikipedia)\nBiggest communistic government: People's Republic of China\n\nSocialism: "refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control" (wikepedia)\nBiggest socialistic government: Soviet Union (in terms of economic system)
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You should ask someone from the former Soviet Union about a democratic government.  Here in the United States, we do not have such a government, even though politicians dont know any better and often say we do.   Let me give an example: two men and a woman are stranded on an island.....the men vote to rape the woman.....in a democracy majority rules and the rights of the individual are not considered.  In the constitutional Republic established by the U.S. Constitution, the rights of the individual are paramount.  V.I. Lenin, one of the founders of the Soviet Union and a marxist, stated "democracy is essential for communism".  The liberal fascists in the United States Government are slowly but surely using this as one of the many tools to turn the United States into a communist nation.  You can read the 'communist manifesto' established by the Soviets to establish what they needed to do to defeat the west and therefore freedom.  Those like pelosi and kennedy have agendas that are identical to the communist manifesto.  So, you see, the United States is NOT a democracy, but democracy is being used to subvert and pervert the consitution.