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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Peter, I am kind of dissapointed that you did not cite Hayek's Use of knowledge in society, considering you seem to be a fan 
As far as this debate goes, as someone who was born in a communist country, frankly I find it insulting to see attempts to put a lipstick on this pig called communism. |
Keep in mind that I am defending communism only insofar as that a) it does not have to be violent or an epic failure and b) just because all of the preexisting examples of it have sucked doesn't mean we can't continue to try and examine its feasibility.
I totally empathize with your hatred of it and understand that no existing (or previous) incarnations have been good.
Think of it this way. Hate the people that instituted it, not the institution itself, the people that put it in place/ran the governments that practised it are at fault here not the theory itself.