Communism seems to all who have read about it but not lived through it to be a good idea. Egalatarian distribution of goods, an even playing feld for all workers, state funded education. However this state can only be lived in by robots that do not operate on a reward basis. Every human acts only to fulfill a need or achieve a reward. To deny this is to deny the truth. I agree that some of the ideals, especially educational access would be great. The cold reality of Communism is that it is to easy to abuse and you can not prevent people from seeking a reward. Economics have proven that a planned socialist state can not exhist without change. It drains motivation and innovation, stifels creativity and provides for gross mis-allocation of resources.
However the capitalist (usually read the U.S.)can stand some improvment, namely interest in education, world politics, the enviorment, and accepting responsibility for your actions. > good to see some smart ideas being thrown in the mix. I'm an
> international student going to Macalester College - the
> liberal heartbed of the midwest!! it';s still pretty
> pathetic.. the only truly liberal kids i know here are a
> bulgarian, an indian and a swede... most of the american
> liberals have little undertsanding of the world, absolutely
> no pragmatic belief system, a confused economic basis and
> quite honestly - it's all just part of being a cool kid who
> gets some ass. there beliefs are skin deep and it's quite
> pathetic.
> i know precisely 2 intelligent american kids here - after
> having spoken to close to 500.. it's quite shocking.
>
> i don't mean to rant on the lack of intelligence in this
> country, but on the day that bush has been elected, it's
> hard not to.
>
> i'm not someone with deep roots in socialism. as a teenager
> i was one for the free market.. for the utopian vision that
> is free market neo-classical economics.. as i've entered my
> 20s.. i've been taken over by a certain pragmatic socialist,
> anti-fetishism kind of belief system. i can see how pathetic
> capitalist society is. i can also however see solutions, but
> it seems to me.. that the ultimate solutions that is
> communism necessitates a single vision state, which is only
> possible if as trotsky said there is an attempt at
> world/global communism. i don't think the one country model
> can succeed, really. it also seems that as marx said, once
> the the ownership of private property is abolished, the
> state must wither away - for otherwise, as in stalinist
> russia - it just becomes a new means of oppression. if the
> class of officials grows too big or too powerful, true
> communism cannot come about. it's a better system - but how
> can it be brought about? thats the real question. maybe
> after more of these pointless battles and a nuke.. we'll
> realize, one world with true equality is the way to go.. no
> borders, no boundaries, no private property.. just one
> world..
>
>
> > The question as to remedy, however, still remains. Were
> we
> > in Europe, where the populace tends to the more
> pro-active
> > and educated, there might exist the chance for the
> masses
> > to arise and, either through the electoral process or
> > direct conflict, evoke a viable break from capitalism.
> > However, we are discussing the U.S., where the frail
> hope
> > of acheiving the financial liquidity that makes the norm
> so
> > stark, i.e. the exception that proves the rule, keeps
> the
> > worker chained to his post, reaching for a brass-plated
> > ring dangled just out of reach.
> >
> > I believe the first step towards justice for the
> American
> > worker is to let other nations for the time being take
> care
> > of their own; while I remain in favor of a global
> > community, we cannot possibly justify continued
> hardships
> > for our own citizens while we strive to improve the lot
> for
> > those who will eventually be filling those outsourced
> > positions. Call it whatever you will--'keeping the
> world
> > safe for democracy,' 'fighting the war on terror,'
> > 'liberating the oppressed.' It still comes down to
> > old-fashioned imperialism.
> >
>
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