Tenacious D
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Interesting read (albeit on an indie site), on both Socialism and Communism, including:
The Differences Between the Two: The Six Shared Truths (and how they struggle to differentiate their beliefs, even amongst themselves...but a good rule of thumb is to see socialism as HIV, and communism as AIDS)
How they both strive for and lead to total compensatory equality - and that total is ZERO.
How the middle-class - or as Marx called it, "the petite bourgeois" - ruins both theories (and why its under attack in America?).
Examples of how both systems lead to, "The Bad on Top" whereby a small, elite ruling class must use a controlling state to squelch free will and dissent. A few examples being:
Josef Stalin, Soviet Union
Pol Pot, Kmehr Rouge
Adolph Hitler, Germany under the National Socialist German Workers Party (nazi in short)
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Union
Fidel Castro, Cuba
Mao Zedong, China
Kim Il Sung, North Korea
Tito, Yugoslavia
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Huey P. Long, communist leaning governor of Louisiana in the 30's famous for 'removing' opposition
The HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS who have died beneath socialist / communist rule (i.e. Russia, China, Cambodia, Nazi Germany), etc.
How every communist or socialist society has FAILED including Cuba, Soviet Union, Nicaragua, N. Korea. (But please don't be deterred by this. Give it a try.)
And best of all: A look at the Modern Socialist / Communist, including these gems:
Poser Commies: Possibly accounting for over 90% of the people who claim to be socialists or communists, the poser commie movement is typically followed by those of younger age groups. Most who follow this movement tend to adopt socialism for the sole purpose of social deviance and protest of society's values. In other words, they hear that communism conflicts with freedom, morality, and other mainstream societal values so they claim to be communists to protest exactly such.
Socialist and Communist Ideologue Movement:
Typically comprised of those who have extensively studied Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky's writings (and often little more), this movement rarely acknowledges the dismal failures of the communist and socialist philosophies when instituted in practice. Often claiming "True communism has never really been instituted" and insisting that if it were, it would work, the ideologue movement often follows utopian dreams rather than recognizing the flaws of reality.
Demagogue Movement:
This small movement is mostly limited to those who seek to use communism and socialism as a facade for achieving power. Many of histories great communist dictators such as Stalin and Castro are perfect examples of demagogues. Quoting communist theories while working their way to power behind the scenes, demagogues often prove extremely tyrannical when finally on top. The demagogue movement is in its own right an uninvited and unwanted branch of communism/socialism that draws to the theory inevitably for communism and socialism often entail wide, unchecked power consolidated in a very defined few plus a resulting need to encroach upon freedom and liberty, as is inherently necessary for implementation of communist and socialist systems.
Old Guard Communist Movement:
The Old Guard Communist Movement is typically a reactionary one comprised of Soviet Union leftovers. Endorsing a return to old Soviet way, though in reality that way was a disastrous failure, as a solution to transition problems in the economies of former Soviet states has become a rallying cry for the Old Guard Movement.
With all of LG / UTGibbs (curiously linked in the cortex of most people's minds) blabbering nonsense of late, I thought that this might prove somewhat helpful, if only as a means to cleanse your ocular palates.
Link: The Socialist Myth
The Differences Between the Two: The Six Shared Truths (and how they struggle to differentiate their beliefs, even amongst themselves...but a good rule of thumb is to see socialism as HIV, and communism as AIDS)
How they both strive for and lead to total compensatory equality - and that total is ZERO.
How the middle-class - or as Marx called it, "the petite bourgeois" - ruins both theories (and why its under attack in America?).
Examples of how both systems lead to, "The Bad on Top" whereby a small, elite ruling class must use a controlling state to squelch free will and dissent. A few examples being:
Josef Stalin, Soviet Union
Pol Pot, Kmehr Rouge
Adolph Hitler, Germany under the National Socialist German Workers Party (nazi in short)
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Union
Fidel Castro, Cuba
Mao Zedong, China
Kim Il Sung, North Korea
Tito, Yugoslavia
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Huey P. Long, communist leaning governor of Louisiana in the 30's famous for 'removing' opposition
The HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS who have died beneath socialist / communist rule (i.e. Russia, China, Cambodia, Nazi Germany), etc.
How every communist or socialist society has FAILED including Cuba, Soviet Union, Nicaragua, N. Korea. (But please don't be deterred by this. Give it a try.)
And best of all: A look at the Modern Socialist / Communist, including these gems:
Poser Commies: Possibly accounting for over 90% of the people who claim to be socialists or communists, the poser commie movement is typically followed by those of younger age groups. Most who follow this movement tend to adopt socialism for the sole purpose of social deviance and protest of society's values. In other words, they hear that communism conflicts with freedom, morality, and other mainstream societal values so they claim to be communists to protest exactly such.
Socialist and Communist Ideologue Movement:
Typically comprised of those who have extensively studied Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky's writings (and often little more), this movement rarely acknowledges the dismal failures of the communist and socialist philosophies when instituted in practice. Often claiming "True communism has never really been instituted" and insisting that if it were, it would work, the ideologue movement often follows utopian dreams rather than recognizing the flaws of reality.
Demagogue Movement:
This small movement is mostly limited to those who seek to use communism and socialism as a facade for achieving power. Many of histories great communist dictators such as Stalin and Castro are perfect examples of demagogues. Quoting communist theories while working their way to power behind the scenes, demagogues often prove extremely tyrannical when finally on top. The demagogue movement is in its own right an uninvited and unwanted branch of communism/socialism that draws to the theory inevitably for communism and socialism often entail wide, unchecked power consolidated in a very defined few plus a resulting need to encroach upon freedom and liberty, as is inherently necessary for implementation of communist and socialist systems.
Old Guard Communist Movement:
The Old Guard Communist Movement is typically a reactionary one comprised of Soviet Union leftovers. Endorsing a return to old Soviet way, though in reality that way was a disastrous failure, as a solution to transition problems in the economies of former Soviet states has become a rallying cry for the Old Guard Movement.
With all of LG / UTGibbs (curiously linked in the cortex of most people's minds) blabbering nonsense of late, I thought that this might prove somewhat helpful, if only as a means to cleanse your ocular palates.
Link: The Socialist Myth
