sorry capitalism doesnt = freedom capitalism = wage slavery and there was a time when america was full of commies... but McCarthyism, the cold war, and the vietnam war pretty much put an end to that... and I would like to add that McCarthyism is still alive, as they've managed to put me and my friends in Government file and threaten us... Also in recent news a college professor who compared bush to hitler to spark debate in his class is being under tremendous heat by the government to resign from his job... hell, they've already ruined his reputation... so much proof of modern day mccarthyism.
all_rhodesian_reject you fail to see that if no one ran the gav't/economy, then the biggest, and strongest would own you cause there is no laws that says they can't...if everyone is a smurf, then ir would work... Mui, a agree, Capitalism= slavery...you are a slave to the man, the man decides how much you earn, and its often not enough to buy life necesities, then when you try to go on welfare, you can't cause the richies are too rich ato help you, and if you are motivated you can get a jjob...to bad you have no money to pay for education, then you ant get a job... and i also agree the McCarthyism is still alive, as you said, to people who dare question the government, bu this time they are not commies, they are terrorists, or somehing even worse...FREE-THINKERS!!!
That doesn't deviate from the meaning of anarchy being that there is no leader, so if there was a leader or leaders then it wouldn't be true anarchy
~Democratic Socialist~ You envision a peaceful and democratic society in which big business is justly and economically controlled by the people it effects. You also believe in social services, such as quality education, and universal health care
communism does work...just not in large numbers...look at hutterites...we have colonies all over Alberta and they get along just fine...
successful anarcho communes in spain and communes all over the world are proof enough that anarchy & communism can work.
Stalin tarnished Communisms name... Thats why we call his ideology Stalinism and not Communism. That is also why we call Maoism Maoism and not Communism... and thats why we call Leninism Leninism and not Communism... Marxism is marxism... There are so many sects and different ideas of communism, to say that it all doesnt work is just foolish, and obviously shows that you have no idea what communism really means... especially when there has been extremely successful communes before. Stalin Ruined Communism. So did McCarthy, Reagan and Ayn Rand... all of which were propagandists afraid of losing their massive0 wealth and power.
The problem though, is that for either communism or anarchy to work, it requires ALL people involved to want it to work. They all have to agree upon it, you know. And, unless you don't know shit about people, that is very unlikely to happen in anything larger than a small group.
Yeah compared to others... I mean cuba is a lot better now than it was before the revolution... they have the best medical research in the world... and once the soviet union turned back to capitalism, they are suffering much more poverty and starvation than before... Either way, Castro is still evil... Any dictator is evil... any dictatorship will lack the necessary freedoms to run a truly successful society... So many of us anarcho communists and communists are just waiting for a shot to prove their ideology under a truly democratic society... Yes, you can have anarchy and democracy at the same time.
Somehow, I doubt that, care to provide proof? Reminds me of enron in a way... Though not to such extremes, I wonder if you will get what I mean?
What an ignorant attempt to put down the fact that communism is possible and is existant now and working at this very moment. You cant say its impossible when its already going down.