Was the collapse of Communism inevitable? Why?
924756
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
208180
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.
713151
It ushered in communism and the beginning of the Soviet Union.
907222
That's a very ideal argument.  Communism is responsible for many human rights violations.  I have a friend from Russia who tells me about the atrocities against people of her ancestry, mainly Ukrainians and Gypsies.  She is a descendant of the warrior class and her family lost all their wealth, land and titles.  They had no religious freedom.  Gypsies lost their traditions and couldn't move around and were forced to assimilate into a society created out of fascism and colonialism.\n\nIf you missed a day of work, you went to a concentration camp.  They killed off the aristocracy and enslaved farmers and the middle class. Artists, the homeless and the mentally ill were rounded up and institutionalized.  Take Kruschev, the supposed liberal, tolerant one.  He sent away artists who went against state-enforced policies of socialist realism in art.  You could not leave the country and come back freely, you had to defect if you were an athlete or in the ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, for example.\n\nThere is no capitalism.  Now there is too much poverty in the West but that is because of our own doing and policies.  It can be eliminated.  You cannot produce growth and profit for reinvestment in a communist economy, which is a false economy and not a natural one.  The 'invisible hand' that aids the middle class doesn't exist.  There is no motivation for ambition and success.  Freedom is complicated, sophisticated and demanding.  I like an intellectual challenge.  Culture and intellectual discourse, along with religious freedom and freedom of speech, disappeared in Russia.\n\nThere are still some remnants of the old system.  You can be placed in prison or a work camp for being on the streets and suffering from the disease of alcoholism.  They still want to preserve their aging nuclear arsenal and cannot afford to purchase uranium for nuclear reactors.  They want to keep fighting against the Chechnyans in their civil war.
1080792
It happened to the Soviet Union.  Don't be complacent...anything can happen.
767693
Yeah...... wouldn't suprise me! but if the U.S.A. is going to be communist: They better prepare for a civil war! cause I know of alot of people who would rather die than give up their freedom! If our government would try communism they would be overpowered by the people! and our military service men and women would be wiped out by civillians. They aren't that stupid! Thats suicide! And they won't nuke us because they would destroy themselves in the process sense they would be bombing their own country! A civil war against the American people would result in the death of all government branches. Civilians would be taking over the white house.
187612
This IS an answerable question...\n\nBOTH.  They are inextricably linked and dependent on one another.  An EXCELLENT book on this is Jarred Diamonds' "Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed."
420937
Yes, the media was " alive " when Communism was a bad thing. Actually, Communism is still a bad thing.\nLiving under Communism would be like living under your parents only on steroids.
644791
none.\n\nThey have so many seats but they can't be able to control them. \n\nThey can't survive without the communists.
1017835
The idea of communism itself is not bad. It fundamentally seeks to create equality for everyone. Were true communism implemented for anything else besides humans, it would work quite well. It is the human nature of greed that destroys all communistic ideologies.\n\nThe communists countries that exist today (as well as in the past) don't stand a chance because it is essentially impossible for everyone to be equal. Inequalities exist as a rule in human hierarchy.\n\nThe hate (I'd rather refer to it as fear) that Americans have for communism stems from the things we've witnessed communism can do. Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, and the list goes on.\n\nA democratic nation would therefore be more desireable than a communistic one, since it acknowledges this hierarchy but also allows room for change. Another good point about it is that a capitalist economy can be supported, which is definitely good for the consumer since companies have to provide quality to survive in such a market. \n\nA true democracy would be like utopia, too, just like communism. But the U.S. also does not have a true democracy. If we did, the electoral college wouldn't exist.
976806
Its hard to tell. Unless a successor is announced then we can only look at history as a guide to what might happen.\n\ntraditionally, after a totalitarian regime ends, it turns first to authoritarian, and then, hopefully democratic. Considering how long Cuba has been under authoritarian control I would say that there will probbly be political chaos once the Fidels are gone. There doesn't exist in Cuba any means of establishing a democracy straight away, as in a democratic legal system, courts, police, governmental bodies etc. So, considering that the people aren't used to governing themselves, and have no experience, it would be fairly safe to say that there will probably be a lot of turmoil eg. Ireland, France, after republics were established\n\nHowever, the reality is more likely that foreign influence will lead to democracy and, unfortunately capitalism, being instituted in Cuba fairly quickly. Money and investment will be pumped into any democratic or socialist party that exists and will probably win any election that is held and so Cuba will become so caught up in western webs that in a few years time it won't be any different than any other western state in the world!
1055737
Yes I knew that.\n\nIf you do any research on this by chance, you will find that true communism is the only real form of a pure democracy.
403729
go to\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
220119
yes.\n\n  All of history is full of bad examples of communism that were misrepresented totalitarianism in disguise. But pure unpolitisized communism is a quest for a utopic society where no one person is any better than the next, and everyone shares the wealth of the community as well as their fair share of the work that supports it. That is the true reason for The west's aversion to the idea of socialism and communism. We here are a pyramid society that takes from the bottom to support the top 10% of the population's interests and agendas. AAnd more times than not those agendas are to keep the pyramid stacked in their favor at the expence of the bottom 90% of the population. That is what is at the heart of modern capitalism. Before capitalism there were other ways to rule over the masses, such as slavery, indentured servitude, religious superstision....but the basic pyramid was the same and has been passed down to modern times because 90% of the people are asleep at the wheel for their entire lives.
1066462
I think the ideals behind Communism were well-intentioned, but it just doesn't work. You can't force people to be equal. It's just never gonna happen. Nature is created in such a way that there is a natural heirarchy/order to things. Someone is always going to end up on top and someone is always going to end up at the bottom.
296155
It changed to socialism, a popular form of economics in Europe.  It's a cross between communism and capitalism.  There also was a big black market in the Soviet Union anyways.  Only around 5% of the population of the Soviet Union belonged to the Communist party.
525336
You should probably re evaluate your purpose in asking this question. The Soviet Union crumbled the old fashioned way, one voice at a time. Even the mighty Soviet Army would not turn its guns on its own people. China may not have achieved revolutionary status at Tienanmen Square but their actions spurred systemic economic and political change evident in China's growing economy today. Its never been about rifles its always been ideas that rule the day.