What is communism?

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Enjoy it while it lasts turds, because in 2012, it's over for you. We are on to you, and pay more attention from day to day what you are up to, your reign is over, you just dont know it yet.

 

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This obviously is what every good American aspires for.

Dumbasses.

 

[Mr.Nick]

It's the communal control of production, resources and services..

In short it's socialism...

 

[Spud]

It's the communal control of production, resources and services..

In short it's socialism...

Lolwut? Socialism is a command economy run to force economic equality. Communism is a stateless, classless society with the means of production shared equally. In Marxist theory, socialism exists as a state to create a superabundance so that no-one goes without come the deconstruction of the state apparatus.

 

[Mr.Nick]

True - these motherfuckers believe their own lies... They lie and play victim, you can see that in the OWS videos...

The disgusting part is they don't even understand what they're doing in present times... Now they call themselves "progressives" as if what they're doing is somehow good for humanity... Like destroying the capitalist model is "helping people."

It's very ironic they (congress allows them to) do everything in their power to destroy the banking system then they go down to wall street and blame them for their own nefarious actions (the representatives they voted for)...

Of course that is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Mr.Nick]

It's the communal control of production, resources and services..

In short it's socialism...

Lolwut? Socialism is a command economy run to force economic equality. Communism is a stateless, classless society with the means of production shared equally. In Marxist theory, socialism exists as a state to create a superabundance so that no-one goes without come the deconstruction of the state apparatus.

You're absolutely correct...

Socialism is a dictated economy (I have been saying that forever) and is the economic model in which Communism operates.

Communism is communal dictated production, services and resources...

Communism is pretty much anarchy (which requires authoritarian government to control) and socialism is the economic model..

I have been reading Marx and the socialist/communist philosophy for 10 years. I think I know what socialism and communism is..

Those OWS motherfuckers are fantastic examples of what communism is - they are living the communist lifestyle..

They have a daily schedule to boot... Its almost like something out of 1984..

 

[editec]

Communism is, in theory, collective workertarian anarchism.

Communism exists when workers control their society without an overarching government controlling those collectives.

Imagine a world with no government other than the productive collectives that workers cobble together surrounding their particular means of production.

In that world each collective interacts with every other workers' collective acccording to their own needs.

If some of you are thinking " Gee that sort of looks like where we'd head if governments collapsed and the CORPORATIONS became the most powerful forces to control society" you'd be 100% RIGHT.


Libertopian Corporatism IS about as close to theoretical COMMUNISM as one can get.

The difference between theoetical COMMUNISM and t6heoretical LIBERTARIANISM?

Who OWNS the source of production.

In communist utopian ideal the workers own them and there is no private property

In Libertopia the owers own the means of production and the workers merely take orders.

 

[Dragon]

Socialism is a dictated economy (I have been saying that forever) and is the economic model in which Communism operates.

Er, that would be, no. You are obviously about as knowledgeable about Marxist theory as you are about the New Left of the 1960s-70s.

Of course, the OP is trying to equate Obama with Communism, which is even more absurd than you are, but never mind that.

The theory advanced by Karl Marx is that economics determines politics and history in general, and is characterized by class struggle. Societies go through predictable phases driven by the conflict among the various classes.

First, a feudal society with an agrarian economy dominated by the aristocratic class is challenged by the rising capitalist class or "bourgeoisie," which overthrows the aristocrats and establishes a capitalist economy.

The capitalists simplify and maximize the efficiency of economic production, resulting in the reduction of remaining classes to two: the capitalists themselves and the proletariat or working class.

The proletariat then rebels against the capitalists, overthrows them, and establishes a socialist economy. The socialist economy distributes wealth equitably so that no one does without and all work pays a living wage. This creates a classless society and ends the class conflict that is the source of history and the justification of the government. The motto under socialism is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his work."

Without a reason to exist, the state withers away, leaving a communist economy in which everyone shares all the wealth equally. The motto under communism is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

Other ideas of communism have been advanced and even put into place on a small scale, but that is the Marxist conception in a nutshell.