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It's All Politics
Why is Communism STILL Debated?
submitted 3 years ago by scrubking from politicrossing.com
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[–]Bigs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (3 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.
[–]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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