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Originally Posted by johnpr
all i was after finding out is where you got the whole we would be communist thing. its ok that its your opinion my statements where just to point out that the issue itself isn't communism, it's corruption. (communism by the way is an economic system related to production and money, not the control of speech, religion etc)
"Communism is the idea of a free society with no division or alienation, where humanity is free from oppression and scarcity. A communist society would have no governments, countries, or class divisions. In Marxism-Leninism, Socialism is the intermediate system between capitalism and communism, when the government is in the process of changing the means of ownership from privatism, to collective ownership. [4] [5]"
from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism |
Where I got it was my understanding of history. Not to seem condescending and/or patronizing, but as soon as I saw "
so where did you get the 'we would be communist' thing? i have never heard that before," I was 99% certain you were a twenty-something or younger; checking out your introduction confirmed my hunch.
I already knew the academic definition of communism. In the real-world application, it has always been inseparable from totalitarian regimes that
do control speech, religion, travel, association, etc. Can you show me where it has played out otherwise? Citing how things are in
post-communist countries doesn't count, BTW.
Now, back to Gashole...