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Originally posted by Flame Of Liberty@Sep 15 2005, 10:16 AM
How do you figure that communism “could work” without tyranny and blood shed? To make it work you have got to strip millions of people off their property. How are you going to do that peacefully? The only way is to do it through aggression – small group of rulers decide what everyone has to do and you have to give in or die. “Inside enemies” are not tolerated, opposition is crushed. The future is bright; nobody is allowed to stand in its way. Tyranny is the natural outcome of communism (full fledged socialism, as explained in the post above). You may want to try to dance around the issue, but really, you can’t.
Stagnation is only short term phenomenon. The society is either moving towards freedom or towards collectivism. The role of the state is either decreasing or growing, and once it crosses the line… So if you think that “huge aspects of socialism” can be kept under control, you are kidding yourself. It is a slippery slope, the oppression is creeping in. The ever growing role of the state is the evidence of that.
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Fair enough. I'd debate the points, but, since all government is criminally thieving from us all of our hard-earned resources (apparently), I don't see any possibility for a middle-ground.
If you're middle/upper-class, you're right, Capitalism is a godsend. Of course, I believe that only 10-20 percent of the world falls into those categories. The rest are screwed.
Are you saying that 'capitalist' Somalia is a better place to live than 'communist' East Germany was? Both had their faults, but...