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Originally posted by icarus@Aug 21 2004, 08:00 PM
Communism, as envisioned by Marx, has never existed. The whole 'withering away of the state' thing has never come to fruition. Probably because it is human nature to hold onto power whenever possible - regardless of whether you're a factory owner or a supposed representative of the masses.
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Marx even suggested that the world was not ready for a communist revolution. There has to be historical capitalism before communism could work under his theory. Most western societies have avoided historical capitalism by instituting different form of socialism, anti-monopoly laws, and a degree of eqalitarianism.