How would you explain Communism to a ten-year-old?
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Give him a list of chores to do. Tell him if he doesn't do them, he gets paid anyway. Then ask him if he's going to do them. When he tell you no, tell him that's why communism doesn't work from an economic standpoint.\n\nThen lock him in his room for the rest of the week, censor his phone calls and television, and don't let any of his friends in to see him. Ask him if he liked it. When he says no, tell him that's why people flee Communist nations.\n\nWith any luck, he'll never ask anything about politics again.
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Remember, George Orwell was a Socialist, but hated Communism.  The animals were represenative of his feeling toward governments.  Also, the other person who answered had a good point.  Do your own homework.  That's a great book
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Research Communism, start here: 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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I am not a communist but in know this.\nCapitalism and Communisima are in a fight to the death.\nCaptilism has better PR.\nWhat we call Communism like Russsia Cuba China is not real communisim its not close, it is pretty much Fascism with the rehtoric of the worker, people ect. Those were horrible, Capitlism is horrible too but not as bad, depends on where you are in the food chain....\n\nIn theory shouldn't everyone be equal. Wouldn't god want that. isn't that what Heavan in our Christian doctrine is all about.\n\nHumor me now.....\nImagine if Heavan were physical place, during the 50 we would be threating to Bomb them....
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another short summary:\ncapitalism and democracy good, communism bad
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Explain it like you would a child
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Communism will never work.  Why would you bother to work hard when you get the same for your hard work as some lazy ass?  The biggest problem with communism is it doesn't take into account one simple factor:  human nature
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Communism = From each, according to ability.  To each, according to need. (Everyone works; he who needs, gets.)\n\nSocialism = From each, according to ability.  To each, according to deeds. (Everyone works, he who works harder or better or smarter gets more)
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First of all, Communism has never truly been achieved.  Communism is Karl Marx's idea on how to control the masses which he wrote about in his book "Communist Manifesto".  It involves everybody working for everybody, no religion, and an overall unified society.  Socialism is what was seen in the Former Soviet Union, in China now.  It involves ideas of everybody working for the whole, but is a very far cry from Communism.  To Compare to the United States: liberals and extreme leftists are socialists.
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you wrote a nice story ,but did you ever lived 1/2 of your life in this idyllic beautiful Communism??\nthe Communist was against religion \ni lived there   \ndid you hear about CEAUSESCU??he was killed because of how good the PROLETARIAT lived in that Communism\nthere i was borne\nand never will be an UTOPIA as long as people  can' t be equal
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The communism Karl Marx promised was good, equal rights for all, but todays communism makes sure the govt. is rich but the people are poor.\n\nFor more info, read the book Animal Farm
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People don't view communism as a great type of government, but if it works it is a great idea.  But it never works because there are constantly people trying to take advantage.  Then it becomes a totalitarian government.\n\nHope this helps
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Communism that's sssooo twentieth century.
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Communism is a system of government where the social order is the same for everyone. Everyone is equal, except in a country where Communism has been abused by a dictator and/or political party. In this form of Communism, everyone is equal except for the members of the political party and/or the dictator.
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What age?  Read Paulo Freire's _Pedagogy of the Oppressed_ or anything written by Peter McLaren or Henry Giroux.
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Hello,\n\nReading some of the comments below I can see our liberal government is doing the job they set out to do since the 1950's.\n\nFear is a wonderful motivator. \n\nAnd, the communistist who run our nation are and have always been Pro-Earth and Con-God (Creator of the Universe).\n\nIf you ever read even parts of the Communist Manifesto, you will learn how they are trained to program our children into not believing in God and "dumbing down the children in school". This is why liberals will soon, very soon, outlaw homeschooling. They will because the majority of homeschooled children are taught about God and why they are special in this world.\n\nSo, global warming is just another layer to be peeled from their onion of life.\n\nDoes this make sense to you?\n\nYou can read this article from AmericanDaily below:\n\nHope this helps you.............................................  :-(