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Alrighty, since I know how opinionistic you all are, I thought I'd spread a little more chaos by creating this thread. The premise is as follows: In history recently we've been learning about the Cold War etc Capitalism/Deomcracy VS. Communism. Well, it seems that A LOT of people just assume that Communism is associated with evil. It's even used as an insult, usually by Americans (from my experiences). Well this is what I've learned: Communism is not evil. At all. In fact it's quite the opposite. Communism is a government completely for the people. The main goal of Communism is to have equal rights for everyone. So unlike Capitalism, where the rich get richer and the poor have nothing, everyone is equal with Communism. The way they set this up is by having the government control all assets. Everyone gets equal status, wages, treatment, regardless of anything. Now Communism is by no means perfect, it has major flaws which prevent it from working: The leader. You have one leader who oversees everything, and this is where Communism fails. People, in their capitalist ways, think "Well why spend the money on the people when I can have it for myself?" and slowly, the money stops going to the people and the country falls. This isn't quite what happened with the Soviet Union, but it is along the same lines: Instead of sending the money back to the people, the Soviets got involved in a little pissing match with the Americans, aka the Cold War. This wasteful Cold War sent all of the money into Nuclear Arms and the military. So eventually, the Soviet Union colapsed on itself because it could not survive without money being circulated properly. Of course the Capitalists survive because they don't need to give money back to the people, everyone fends for themselves, and this can be a good thing and a bad thing. Communism relies on the principle that one perfect leader can rule them. But this is impossible, there will always be corruption because instead of the moeny going back to everyone, it ends up into someones pocket, or into some other expense that is not necessary.
Don't get me wrong, I like democracy, but if the Communists ever found that perfect leader, uncorrupt, who cared about his people, well that Country would be a beautiful, beautiful place. I'm sure some people wouldn't like it, because in their materialistic ways, they want more then someone else, they want more money, a larger house, more stuff. But, if you have no qualms about the government providing for you, then you would likely enjoy a Communist country, where everyone is equal.
It's a dream, more then a reality, as the Soviets proved years ago, and even now, does China or Cuba look like that idealistic place I dream of? Of course not, because their leaders don't care about the people. China puts its money into its army, Cuba, god knows where the money goes... but regardless, don't you think it would be nice if the world was that kind of place?
What is your opinion on communism? Do you like democracy or capitalism better? Do you have information that I am missing? Argue your point, I want an intelligent discussion here people, so if you don't know what you're talking about, then please, don't post. I'd like to see sources for information too, if available. This information of mine comes from my History class and some reading I did on Wikipedia.
Discuss.
Don't get me wrong, I like democracy, but if the Communists ever found that perfect leader, uncorrupt, who cared about his people, well that Country would be a beautiful, beautiful place. I'm sure some people wouldn't like it, because in their materialistic ways, they want more then someone else, they want more money, a larger house, more stuff. But, if you have no qualms about the government providing for you, then you would likely enjoy a Communist country, where everyone is equal.
It's a dream, more then a reality, as the Soviets proved years ago, and even now, does China or Cuba look like that idealistic place I dream of? Of course not, because their leaders don't care about the people. China puts its money into its army, Cuba, god knows where the money goes... but regardless, don't you think it would be nice if the world was that kind of place?
What is your opinion on communism? Do you like democracy or capitalism better? Do you have information that I am missing? Argue your point, I want an intelligent discussion here people, so if you don't know what you're talking about, then please, don't post. I'd like to see sources for information too, if available. This information of mine comes from my History class and some reading I did on Wikipedia.
Discuss.
