are there any good points to communism?
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Communism is not all bad, America and many countries just don't like it because it's pretty much the opposite of freedom which is what America value so much.\n\nIn China, before they turned communists, there were a lot of starving people who became sick and died because there was shortage of food, shelter, and medicine.  The aristocrats were wealthy and it was easy for them to make money because they had connections.  \n\nAfter that there was a group that turned the country into Communism, that's when all the food, and other necessities are taken from aristocrats and are devided among everybody.\n\nYou can see that communism saved lives in this situation.
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Communism is a political ideology that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production. It can be classified as a branch of the broader socialist movement. Communism also refers to a variety of political movements which claim the establishment of such a social organization as their ultimate goal.\n\nAmerica is scared becuase golbally capitalism is on the decline and they see Latin america becoming more and more close to Communist values.
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Hi, books to read include manifesto of the communist party; Das Capital and for extra bonus points try condition of the english working class by Engels. They worked together on topics of mutual interest.\n\nTry either of the sources below.
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Capitalism and individualism have improved more peoples' lives than communism ever did.\n\nCapitalism and free markets are not a complete dog-eat-dog competition, and does not make people less inclined towards their fellows. In fact, because free societies also allow for free religious expression, there is also more money donated to charities, more charities and more care for fellow man than seen in any communist country.\n\nIn a free society, free people gladly choose to sacrifice for others. They are individually free to do so.\n\nIn communism, other people decide to sacrifice you for the common good, and because communism is against the concept of individualism, your loss doesn't matter.\n\nI still do not understand the attraction of becoming some slave to the collectivist will, like some expendable worker bee in a hive, like an ant in a nest, like a termite in a colony.\n\nI am an individual. I have worth apart from society. Communism does not recognize that, and that alone makes it evil.
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Prevent the spread of communism
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Well, for one thing, communism is an economic system while democracy is a political system.  They are not, as most people seem to believe, opposites of each other.  It is completely feasible to have a democratically elected government that pushes a communist agenda.\n\nCommunism refers the the economic system proposed by Karl Marx in "The Communist Mannifesto".  In this system, the state controls the means of production with an equal share going to each member of society.  In theory, it's not really all that bad, but it is unworkable and forgets the people are inherantly greedy.  Communism should be compared to Capitalism, not democracy.\n\nDemocracy refers to the method of governing whereby the people choose their leaders directly.  Democracy should be compared to totalitarianism, theocracy, or other governments not chosen by the people.
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it's A Communism. I am not really sure on this one so please give me feed back.
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I know this sounds crazy, but communism is a great form of non-democratic government. HOWEVER, the only form of communism that works is if it a voluntary system that people join. When it's a forced communism, there aren't enough checks and balances.
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Communists are cool because they make every shmuck as miserable as the next schmuck :).  And by the way, communism has never reached the strides Capitalism has in terms of wealth and common good.
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Communism. Well, in Communism, everyone gets the same wage. So if the person next to me has only made one pair of shoes and I've made thirteen, how is this fair? Also, if you are making nails they'll tell you to make a certain size. But what if it's to small? You can't build a house with all small nails. \n\nIn communism though, since everyone gets the same wage, they people that need to work even though they have lost a limb get paid the same.\n\nIn Communist China, everyone shares land. It isn't your land, it's our land. So if you had a farm and I lost some of my crop, I could take some of yours. Even though we get paid the same, I may still need some of your crop for food. Also in China, you are allowed one child. If you have only one child you get tax, (or something like that) deductions and you get benefits. Everyone wants boys for their kids so that they can work on the farms. That is why many Chinese put their daughters up for adoption. \n\nSome nations that are Communist are North Korea and China.\n\nThis is all I know.\n\nfor more information go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
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But it DOES have a moral! The moral is that Communism does not work. Communism seems like a great idea at first, but eventually natural heirarchies evolve and the government becomes autocratic.\n\nIn Animal Farm the pigs incite a revolution against the tyrannical Farmer Jones, but by the end of the book they themselves have become the tyrants - indistinguishable from humans.\n\nMost of the characters in the book represent real individuals or organisations from the Communist Revolution in Russia. \n\nFarmer Jones is Tsar Nicholas, Old Major is Marx, Snowball is Trotsky, Napoleon is Lenin or Stalin, Squealer presents the propanda machine, the horses are the people (Boxer representing the working class Proletariats and Molly representing the aristocratic Bourgoise), the raven represents the church, the dogs represent the Red Army, and so on.
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Only if you care about protecting innocent people, social and economic progress, and preventing society from descending into complete chaos.\n\nPolitical ideology will be relevant as long as people are thinking and talking.
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No, communism only works on paper. In real life application it fails miserably
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no!welcome to the real world,communism is just a theorie..the countries they had communism suffered from hunger and luck of opportunities..their goverments tried to manipulate the people and the ''big heads''were sharing all the wealth while the others had almost nothing.as long as money exists nothing can be shared equal in this world.
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Communism is the ideal government but it will never work because we do not live in a perfect world. The sad fact is that people have an evil or sinful nature. The government will also be corrupt, because power is hard to control.  Socialism is maybe a better option.
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Well, this country is neither pure communist nor capitalist. Neither works. We have a capitalist, democratic republic that uses socialist programs (sometimes too much) to help citizens and the economy.\n\nAs for me, I generally vote against things that drive us more towards socialist or communist ideals. The great thing about a free country should be/is that you have the right to succeed or fail. It is up to you as an individual to make something of yourself. The government should do its job of protecting the country as a whole, protecting our rights, and protecting the constitution, but it should not bring us to a "share the wealth" or "redistribution of wealth" system.
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change is good because otherwise we wouldn't develop, we would be always satisfied with what we already have and change is the key of the progress. some things are worth to be changed, but some major values cannot be changed, or they are changed but during a slow process . change is good because otherwise we will all be the same, have the same cloths, cars, houses....hobbies,,,, as under the communist system....