I have always heard that Karl Marx's idea about Communism was a great theory but it just didn’t work out. Why was it a great theory and what was life like under that type of government? I only remember a little about the fall of the Iron Curtain I was only 10 years old at the time.
2006-12-13 02:41:23 · 6 answers · asked by Comnec1 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Communism, like many things sounds good on paper but doesn't work in practice. It essentially called for all members of a society sharing equally the benefits of what a society produces and everything being controlled by the state. In reality this meant total control of the media and the total departure from reality that went with it, forced relocation and labor in ill advised enterprises to satisfy government dictates, and people not seeing the fruits of their labors because the government claimed them since everything was done for the state. Also the equality that was supposed to come from this only meant some people were more equal than others, meaning those who did what the party wanted got the benefits and everybody else didn't, it was a very oppressive system. As far as the Iron curtain this referred to the wall put up by the Communist states to keep their people from fleeing to the west, the best example was the Berlin wall which ran through the middle of Berlin and divided the city into west and east Berlin, West Berlin and West Germany were free and prosperous and East Germany was Communist and very much the opposite of prosperous just like the rest of eastern Europe and what was then the Soviet Union and is now Russia. As far as that answer about the wall on our southern border that is meant to stop an invasion, our people are free to go as they please, the exact opposite of the Iron Curtain.
2006-12-13 03:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by booboo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it was a great theory, but it did appeal to the impractical idealism of some people. What life was like? An oppressive government keeping track of everyone at all times, and a "worker's paradise" where nobody worked hard or had any incentive to be efficient and productive, and as a result when you took your paycheck out to spend it, the shelves were empty, and there were long lines for crappy merchandise and essentials.
2006-12-13 02:46:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 80% of humans have a natural instinct to be self sufficient. The other 20% are easily led into just about anything. In every Communist/Socialist regime (Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist, Maoist, Clintonist) most of those that opt for self sufficiency are either brainwashed or executed (historically). In general the Communist/Socialist/Clintonist cradle to grave Utopia always fails. If it were not for the 2nd Amendment here our Socialist media cronies would have ushered in their version of that Utopia decades ago. Only the threat of armed uprising has detered that from happening.
2006-12-13 02:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by Gunny T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ask any George Bush supporter.
He just authorized the building of an Iron Curtain along the U.S./Mexico border.
2006-12-13 02:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by Brotherhood 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Communist state requires that its citizens blindly comply with society rulings. In order to enforce this "blindness", leaders tended to resort to instilling fear in its populace.
This, I believe, was the somewhat necessary failure of the Communist state despite how great Marx made it look on paper.
2006-12-13 02:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by mtlgirl123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who care about Communism . this is a free society it's the way all countries should be
2006-12-13 02:44:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋