Why do liberals love communism but hate democracy?

Question

Makes no sense to me. All they want is dictatorship and for the lazy people to get their checks without lifting a finger.

Answer 1

What planet are you living on? What happened to your mind? Are you okay? Having an opinion requires some sort of information and some sort of mental process. I think you have unknowingly gotten the worst of each. If you didn't feel you had to feel passionately some way or another, you might be able to indulge your curiosity. That would be the first little step toward intelligence. I wish you luck.

Answer 2

Not necessarily true. Some social programs do put people on their feet but ones that do all the work FOR them are not fruitful.

Take welfare for example. All you need to do is NOT work and breed like a stinkin' rabbit. Welfare should be eliminated or reformed so that it actually HELPS the individual (i.e. provides them some money for rent and such for a certain amount of time until they find employment) and not hinder them by providing a governmental handout.

So you can't exactly take way all social programs because they do provide benefits to the poor community (i.e. job training skills, medical care, etc.).

I forgot this guy's name but I was listening to him on a podcast a few months back and he is an educator and civil rights activist. He said that the current programs aimed toward the poor African-Americans don't work because all they do is provide a handout, not a hand-up. The ones he found that were successful were Christian-based social programs that gave people job skills, weaned them off of drug/alcohol addictions, and self-confidence. In other words, governmental welfare is a way for poor folks to suck the govt. dry.

Another thing: some liberals and democrats aren't really into the dictatorship thing. Some REALLY, REALLY liberal people are (for example, one of my college history professors was a Stalinist sympathizer). Not a lot of them are Communists but some are (which is unfortunate since Communism doesn't solve anything).

Answer 3

This reminds me of the speech Arnold Schwartznegger gave at the GOP convention during the '04 presidential election. Remember he was describing the Democratic candidate of 1968 Hubert Humphrey. Arnold had just come to this country and marveled at how Humphrey sounded like the Socialists in Europe. He decided to vote Republican from that point forward.

The classical liberals of the past promoted an open government, freedom of press, freedom of speech, etc. The liberals of today are more Leftist with ambitions of a large government involved in many aspects of business, regulations, and our personal lives.

Answer 4

In what sense do you determine that liberals love communism? Or hate democracy?

The second part of your question seems to indicate that you have a problem with people on welfare (and that somehow indicates communism). Am I interpreting you correctly?

Are you aware that welfare PLUS foreign aid counts for less than 3% of all Federal spending?

Answer 5

This question is based on a false premise. It also set's up a fuzzy logic, straw man argument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
A straw man argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is to create a position that is easy to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent.

A straw-man argument can be a successful rhetorical technique (that is, it may succeed in persuading people) but it is in fact misleading, because the opponent's actual argument has not been refuted.

Answer 6

They are the products of hippie parents who lived during the 60's
and 70's in a drug induced haze and they have a very serious mental disorder and do not know what communism really is.

Answer 7

hey all, communism is dictatorship and i know for my family originates from old eastern europe. liberals are pure communists and don't like democracy in america for it will taint their objective, money, power and control of america for their personal gains. hey omoron and killary are you listening to this?

Answer 8

Loaded question =p
"liberals" like things to change. "conservatives" like things to stay the same. That's at the root of the rest of their beliefs, and neither one is right or wrong.
You're talking more about socialism, and that too has good and bad points. There's no perfect system - none of them is entirely "fair" or "good" or achievable with human flaws.

Answer 9

You're confusing Liberals with George Bush and his cronies. Except change that part about 'lazy people' to 'rich lazy people'.

Answer 10

hope you are never in a situation where you need help... not everyone who is down in their luck is lazy... on the other hand, conservatives do anything for the unburn, but once you're born you're on your own, no school lunch, no welfare, no health care, no food stamps no nothing... if you're pre born you're fine, if you're pre-school you're fu#@&d... conservatives don't give a crap about you until you reach military age, then they think you are just fine, just what they've been looking for... coservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers... pro-life? these people aren't pro life, they kill doctors... what kind of pro-life is that? you save the fetus but if it turns out to be a doctor you may just have to kill him... these people are not pro life, they're anti-woman