i'm not an american, and I'm not Educated on this type of stuff. and i don't think i ever learned what Communist and/or Communism is. i tried to search on Google. but i just don't get it. can some one explain to me in a simpler explanation of what it is, and what it's use for?. Excuse me and my Derpy-ness.
Communism is pure evil. Joseph McCartney showed them the errors of their ways, but did they listen? No! They continued killing all that is sacred to America! Did you know that every single communist hates baseball and apple pie? They also despise the father for being the authority of the household. They believe in equality. Pfft, yeah right. As if a woman can do a stressful job at the... whatever they did in the 1950s...
But whatever. Case in point, commies are bad. That's why the glorious Americans went in to Korea and Vietnam to civilize those socialist savages.
Communism is pure evil. Joseph McCartney showed them the errors of their ways, but did they listen? No! They continued killing all that is sacred to America! Did you know that every single communist hates baseball and apple pie? They also despise the father for being the authority of the household. They believe in equality. Pfft, yeah right. As if a woman can do a stressful job at the... whatever they did in the 1950s...
But whatever. Case in point, commies are bad. That's why the glorious Americans went in to Korea and Vietnam to civilize those socialist savages.
OMG.. i'm i seriously dumb at the moment?.. i'm kinda getting what your saying, not the whole thing. but are you saying. that Communist are people, who are not sexist and not racist?. and doesn't like religion?
OMG.. i'm i seriously dumb at the moment?.. i'm kinda getting what your saying, not the whole thing. but are you saying. that Communist are people, who are not sexist and not racist?. and doesn't like religion?
I'm going to let you re-read that and figure out my tone on your own.
You didn't really explain what it is, but your argument is definitely true.
Communism is socialism on super scale. True communism has no currency. Everybody is forced to do the job of their choosing, and they get "luxuries" depending on the jobs they do. For example, somebody working a cash register would get a very small house with cheap furniture and a decent amount of food. A trashman, doing dirty work, would get a slightly larger house. Somebody doing an extremely hard, skill-required time-exhausting job would get a huge house. There are no corporations, CEOS, or anything or worry about.
Communism has failed terribly in the past and it will be many many years before it is ready to be put into effect.
EDIT: He was being sarcastic. I take my compliment for him back! Communism is bad, do not let the zombies fool you!
We already have a Communist thread in the Politics, Philosophy, News, and Science section, where you will find many people who actually support communism perfectly willing to answer your question.
You didn't really explain what it is, but your argument is definitely true.
Communism is socialism on super scale. True communism has no currency. Everybody is forced to do the job of their choosing, and they get "luxuries" depending on the jobs they do. For example, somebody working a cash register would get a very small house with cheap furniture and a decent amount of food. A trashman, doing dirty work, would get a slightly larger house. Somebody doing an extremely hard, skill-required time-exhausting job would get a huge house. There are no corporations, CEOS, or anything or worry about.
Communism has failed terribly in the past and it will be many many years before it is ready to be put into effect.
EDIT: He was being sarcastic. I take it back. Communism is bad, do not let the zombies fool you!
That's a blatant strawman, and coming from someone who actually supports Communism, it's untrue and I urge the OP not to take this seriously. There's a thread for this in the Politics section, I'm sure you can find it, and people there like Tormented could explain it very well to you. I'm not as knowledgeable in the specifics.
Nobody is "forced" to do jobs, however. People would all spend about 4 or 5 hours a day- not a lot- doing neccessary work such as food production and the creation of any other necessities of the commune, which vary from time to time. Anything other than that, for example, video game production, is either done as a passion of the person in question or because the object in general is in high demand and people can gain extra credits from the community by making them. It's simple economics really. The difference is that it's not a full-time job. If you make a slip-up and make one low quality game, you won't lose risk losing a job and perhaps be evicted out of your house. You wouldn't gain as many credits, and would be motivated to make a better game, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.
To reiterate, people don't have "full time jobs" in a Commune, at least the ideology I support. The credits gained by doing a specific action aren't set in stone, they depend based on jobs that are in demand. The means of production are shared, so it's not hard to provide for a commune, and people are motivated to make better products because better ones are demanded more by the commune.
You get in your car. You plan on seeing movie today, perhaps horror.
You drive by the lot where the shopping center used to be - it was removed when the communists took over.
In its place stands a factory making My Little Pony toys. You decide to drop by.
"Hello, there!" says a voice.
Surprised by the voice, you turn around and see a cheerful man wearing his patriotic colors. "Beautiful day, isn't it?"
"Sure is. Have you stopped by to work a shift?" asked the man.
"I sure have, can I start now?" you reply.
"Yes, please follow me."
You walk down a long corridor with beautifully antiquated and gold-trimmed paintings. You are still amazed about how much improvement has occurred since the corporations were disbanded.
"Thank you sir," you say as you start working next to a conveyor belt. Your job is to place the eyes on the toy ponies as they come by on the assembly line.
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An hour later, you realize that you have to run to get your son Steve from school. You get the attention of the man and ask to check out. You slip your Pensik Card in the machine he holds out.
"Your total is twelve credits," said the man cheerily.
"Thank you!" you reply while walking out the back door of the factory. You decide to get a laptop with ten of the twelve credits you earned. You wonder how long it would have taken you to afford such a luxury in a capitalistic economy.
You love utopia.
I wrote a very short (and rather bland) short story describing how I think communism works, according to you.
Am I right?
As far as I'm aware- and I'm certainly no expert on Communism, just a supporter and someone who at least wants to cut down on the misinformation out about the system- it seems somewhat correct. Though the shopping mall needn't be torn down, in fact, some variations of a communist system have a shopping mall-like location as a commune center, where many important actions are carried out. Though that honestly depends on the type of communism it is. But yeah, it seems like how it could work.
Anyways, I do have to go to bed now, and chances are this thread will be locked because of the existing Communist thread... but I highly recommend you (and the OP) take any questions there, since there are multiple people there who could explain it much better than I. Aramil posted a link above.
Also, as a side note before I'm off to bed, I generally don't believe in Communism being "utopia" or "equal". I understand that every system has its limits, even Communism, but I do believe that it could work better than Capitalism and at least come closer to achieving those goals. Also, a few hours of work putting eyes on dolls wouldn't be enough to get a laptop, you'd need to put in a fair amount of work to get that. The same as a capitalist system in this regard, but less arbitrary for the person getting the laptop. You could, however, get a less expensive object with the amount of work you mentioned.
We already have a Communist thread in the Politics, Philosophy, News, and Science section, where you will find many people who actually support communism perfectly willing to answer your question.
But whatever. Case in point, commies are bad. That's why the glorious Americans went in to Korea and Vietnam to civilize those socialist savages.
OMG.. i'm i seriously dumb at the moment?.. i'm kinda getting what your saying, not the whole thing. but are you saying. that Communist are people, who are not sexist and not racist?. and doesn't like religion?
I'm going to let you re-read that and figure out my tone on your own.
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That's a blatant strawman, and coming from someone who actually supports Communism, it's untrue and I urge the OP not to take this seriously. There's a thread for this in the Politics section, I'm sure you can find it, and people there like Tormented could explain it very well to you. I'm not as knowledgeable in the specifics.
Nobody is "forced" to do jobs, however. People would all spend about 4 or 5 hours a day- not a lot- doing neccessary work such as food production and the creation of any other necessities of the commune, which vary from time to time. Anything other than that, for example, video game production, is either done as a passion of the person in question or because the object in general is in high demand and people can gain extra credits from the community by making them. It's simple economics really. The difference is that it's not a full-time job. If you make a slip-up and make one low quality game, you won't lose risk losing a job and perhaps be evicted out of your house. You wouldn't gain as many credits, and would be motivated to make a better game, but it wouldn't be the end of the world.
To reiterate, people don't have "full time jobs" in a Commune, at least the ideology I support. The credits gained by doing a specific action aren't set in stone, they depend based on jobs that are in demand. The means of production are shared, so it's not hard to provide for a commune, and people are motivated to make better products because better ones are demanded more by the commune.
As far as I'm aware- and I'm certainly no expert on Communism, just a supporter and someone who at least wants to cut down on the misinformation out about the system- it seems somewhat correct. Though the shopping mall needn't be torn down, in fact, some variations of a communist system have a shopping mall-like location as a commune center, where many important actions are carried out. Though that honestly depends on the type of communism it is. But yeah, it seems like how it could work.
Anyways, I do have to go to bed now, and chances are this thread will be locked because of the existing Communist thread... but I highly recommend you (and the OP) take any questions there, since there are multiple people there who could explain it much better than I. Aramil posted a link above.
He probably wouldn't. However, the thread already exists - this one is redundant.