Why are Cuba, China, and the former USSR called Communist when they aren't. True communism is run by the people for the people (sound familiar?), not by dictators. The main difference between communism and democracy is the goverments role in economic decisions (the later is stricter). So why are second-world countries called communists?
2007-08-11 06:09:49 · 9 answers · asked by Mitchell 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Dictator led 'communism' is called Stalinism, which is what most soviern second-world countries are.
2007-08-11 06:12:17 · update #1
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2007-08-13 11:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry--you are way off base. Communism specifically calls for a dictatorship to be established--supposedly as a precoursor to a "withering of the state." And by definition permits no dissent or political opposition--which eliminates any possibilityof government "by the people." And please don't argue--that's straight from Marx (the Communist Manifeesto and Capital).
Granted, Marx was a better observer of humanity than he was an architect of a new social order--his supposed Utopia as the end result ofCommunism is a political and economic fantasy. But a lot of people who read a little propaganda and DON'T mae the effort to read what Marx and Lenin acutally said (or Ma Zedong) fall prey to the misconceptions you repeated.
Bottom line--unlike socialism, which can be compatible with individual rights and democracy (e.g. Sweden)--communism is by its very definition a totalitarian state.
2007-08-11 14:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Communism is a classless form of socialism, and an economic system, not one of governance.
"Democracy" has nothing to do with an economic system. One can have a laissez faire economy or a communist society under a democratic system of governance.
Likewise, a Stalinist dictatorship can have a communist state-run economy, or a dictatorship can be free market.
The two are entirely different concepts.
2007-08-11 13:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by askthepizzaguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...when communism was formed, people were promised "a penny for a dollar", but it did not turn out that way. I'm gonna tell you about the formet soviet union because I'm from Ukraine. It was a closed country before. My mom lived in soviet union during 70's and everyone ran to the store when someone brought some shoes from Poland., and the lines for bread were huge...
2007-08-11 13:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda Overmeyer-Janis of today! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Social Communism cannot have any political system or power. It only works for a small group of people, less than one hundred.
Political Communism (yes, it is communism) extends that concept of sharing but builds a management system to orchestrate it for large numbers of people. Inevitably, that leads to absolute corruption since that government has absolute control over all assets.
Dictator-led Communism/Socialism is also called Fascism. Look it up in the dictionary.
Socialists, Communists, they all want the same thing - your stuff.
2007-08-11 13:15:48 · answer #5 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Read the 10 planks of the Communist manifesto and compare them to how our country is run.
2007-08-11 14:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by KD7ONE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, here we go again. Typical democratic push toward communism. How many times do we have to hear this old refrain:
BUT, TRUE COMMUNISM HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED. WE NEED TO AT LEAST TRY TRUE COMMUNISM. IT'LL WORK THIS TIME. I'M SURE OF IT. CAN'T MISS!
Horse s.h.i.t!
2007-08-11 13:25:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They follow communist ideals, semantics aside
2007-08-11 13:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by Greg 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You might want to rethink some of your definitions.
2007-08-11 17:39:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋