Re: eris: crumedgeons, antisemites, racist, etc.
Communism is not a political system. It is an economic system.
OK, fact time: Communism is a doctrine that is based on Socialism. Its goal is elimination of all private property.
To accomplish this, private property is controlled by the state which, theoretically, is controlled by the people. Marx argued that the final stage of his "utopia" was the withering away of the state and the fully equal distribution of economic goods among the people.
All of this, of course, is complete bullshit.
The implementation of this doctrine requires a massive socio-political upheaval with considerable powers given to the state (this is usually accomplished via a civil war or some similar serious degree of mayhem). Beyond that, Communism and Marxist-Leninist Socialism (not to mention any number of the various other utopian societies...including the one described in Star Trek) will always fail. This failure is not necessarily due to the system, but to its incompatibility with human nature.
Figure out a way to change that (without destroying the existing population) and these nutcase views might have a chance.
'Those in power under the old system' just happen to be people who are enjoying the most profits.
Do you think perhaps that might be because (some of them at least) earned it?
Has it been so long since you were 'youth'?
AI's are wise beyond their years.
I'm not talking about education, I'm talking about socialization. It works even with illiterate rednecks.
Honey, unless you can collapse it all into a sound bite any new idea, product, service, economic or socio-political system simply hasn't got a chance.
Are you untrainable? Were you ever untrainable?
LOL. Isn't obvious to you yet that I am not a product of the public education system?
And I thought the nutcase religious right were all Republicans...
While you obviously are, I'm afraid.
boy, where have I been???
Hmmmm. I don't know. In light of this, please pardon me for not touching you until I find out.
Why assume that what we live with now is an unchangeable law of physics?
Well, if you want to incite a civil war for the purposes of implementing a utopian ideal that has failed every time its been tried, then you are certainly welcome to try. Don't be surprised, however, if your friends prefer to hang out at the mall shopping for Gucci's instead of spending quality time with you back at the local commune.
Why disbelieve now that things can change, when so much changed in the 20th century?
For technology, that's often true. For human nature, that's usually false.
Human society gets better all the time
Are we living on the same planet?
it's insane to think that war will disappear very soon, but it isn't insane to expect that it will eventually; just like slavery.
Hmmmm. I think I understand the problem now. You have an ideal in your mind that somehow is so appealing that it seems to override your perception of reality.
Otherwise, you would have been aware that slavery still exists.
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