Why is Communism STILL Debated?
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[–]Bigs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (5 children)
Ultimately we are social animals, used to living in communities. We're hard-wired to respond positively to that which promises community and fairness, because we're fair, communal creatures.
If we still lived in communities of 150 people that would be OK, maybe, but we're not. Communism is cancer in the real world.
[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
That explains why communist propaganda is enticing, but it does not explain the origins of that propaganda or why so many people are brainwashed by it in light of so much evidence against it. For example, every single kid can understand how inherently unfair it would be to give ever single kid in the class the same grade regardless of how much work they put in. Yet somehow they are all brainwashed to believe that redistribution is fair. This contradiction is the result of brainwashing. By whom? For what reason? Answer those questions to understand why communism is still discussed.
[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Well that's obvious and well-known' it's Cultural Marxism by the Frankfurt School. I was getting at why it's so easy to pull it off.
[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago* (2 children)
I know we're talking about communism, but socialism is necessary for healthy small communities, but does not work when scaled up in size. Communism doesn't always work, even in small communities, due to centralized absolute power.
[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
Communism doesn't work because it cannot calculate the value of things.
Why do you think socialism is necessary?
[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
I should have said voluntary socialism. Communities have to have people who help each other to be functioning. Once you mandate socialism, it isn't really socialism anymore.
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