Arathnis (September 2, 2008 at 4:09 am)

You are a complete dumbass I hope you know that. No one's money get taken from them in a communist society, there are no guns on people's heads, there is no slavery. Why don't you get your information from something other than a 9th grade textbook before you try to pull off some pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

fedeman2 (September 2, 2008 at 1:58 am)

che was not bolivian!

TheZefMan (September 1, 2008 at 6:35 pm)

Lets just be clear that there are several types of communism, each with different advantages and disadvantages. And I'm sure that Karl Marx discouraged leeching from the state and that ideally, only those who contributed to the community pot would receive help. I am no expert on this subject and it can become quite complicated, but there are many forms of communism and some of them certainly do sound like a good idea (well, worthy of trying out at least).

proferrando (September 1, 2008 at 12:03 pm)

So funny!

rulecrule (September 1, 2008 at 10:45 am)

Read Any Rand`s Atlas Shrugged and you will understand that its just a big mistake to think that Communism is good in theory. Communism is just a political system were the allegedly week feed on the smart and clever. I think its better to help those that fall outside the system to get back up, so they can be a resource for themselves and for others. But will not help people that would do nothing to change their life situation, and expect other to pay for them.

SyvetheShairks (September 1, 2008 at 8:07 am)

Fish.

TheZefMan (August 31, 2008 at 11:07 pm)

In theory Communism is idealistic. You are either mis-informed or you are anti-communist. Indeed, in practice, communism often fails. Though I'm sure if you take a look into so-called euro-communism you will find that it needn't all be Stalinist or Maoist or whatever you want to call it.

magicalhats15 (August 31, 2008 at 7:12 am)

"Find a way to take it." You mean find a way to make it. Value isn't produced by magic or voodoo. When you forget that the government cannot create value, but can only seize it by force from the producers, you can make such ridiculous comments as yours. Liquidate those who "always want more" and see how long your collectivist, horrifyingly oppressive commune lasts. Keep only those who demand the government seize the producer's property, and see how long you last.

magicalhats15 (August 31, 2008 at 7:08 am)

"Let's put a gun to the back of every citizen's head and demand that they hand their money to the collective so that it can be distributed equally. Let's bind man hand to hand as slaves to each other, and force them forcibly to act against their free will and self interest." SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEOLOGY TO ME! Communism is fail. It's a horrible idea in theory, it's a horrible idea in practice, but as no one leaves this show empty handed, we're going to cut off his hands.

AlexandreSchwarz (August 29, 2008 at 5:16 am)

Give me a definition of "human nature".