I don't get it not one bit

Here's my take on it: in a perfect world we would all be communists because we would all share with one another, be happy, and no one would want for anything.

The fact of the matter is that that is a fiction. It's true, communism was thought up by some rich white guys, not the peasants.

Communism is a good idea, but the realities of it have been corrupt and not true to the original vision- China and the Soviet Union, for example.

As you can see there are conflicting opinions on this issue so I would encourage you to do some independent research and see what you think. Check out Wikipedia for a thorough definition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism.

 

Okay, i read the first and last page of this tread and a lot of you guys seem to be pretty agressive with your dislike of communism...slow down....

Everyone is first entitled to their beliefs, but more importantly, any form of government works alright, but when a government gets too big, you start to see problems. For instance, look at our own. You can not trust any big government...communist or not.

 

bambina, I'm russian. I know what communism is all about. more than 60 million of my people were slaughtered by marxists.

 

Well said. Governments aren't looking out for us, they're looking out for their own interests. Trusting a government in any form is a big mistake.

 

hahahahaha, anger with a passion!

 

you're probably right. that view about the way both communism as capitalism sees the civilian as an economic factor is interesting as well. mabey the government and community under it should stay really small, because a government of a huge country can´t have a proper view on it's civilians, there are too many