I need to do a speach 4 school, I was wondering if anyon new +'s of communism?

Answer 1

OK, let me preface this by saying I detest Communism. Therefore, I wanted to give you a balanced view. My "pluses" of Communism are written below. Just read through and please be patient.

Communism deserves a much worse reputation that it gets.

Here's the plain truth about Communism: it is a system that pervert's man's true nature, which is self-interest. While self-interest sounds bad on the surface, it is the primary motivator for the advancement of civilization throughout the ages. If people didn't want a better life for themselves and their families, they wouldn't work nearly as hard, they wouldn't take big risks, and they wouldn't use their innate intelligence to try and find some way to be prosperous.

The irony is, selfishness ends up benefitting all of society. Do you think that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb out of compassion? Do you think Bill Gates worked so hard on Microsoft because he wanted people to be more knowledgeable?

Communism can only survive on lies and intimidation. Once people in Eastern Europe saw the truth about the West, they could no longer endure living like third class citizens while people just across the border relatively lived like kings.

Why do you think one of the first thing a Communist government does is take absolute control of the press? It's not because they want people to be informed.

Communism said it was going to create a new, selfless man. Instead, they created a nightmare. People under Communism are afraid to even speak with their neighbors, because a neighbor might betray your trust, and one slip of the tongue about not liking the government, and you are in serious, serious trouble.

Communism needs a lot of people to stay mediocre, so in school teachers will discourage bright students by always criticising their performance. It's an unstated rule that uncommon intelligence is seen as a potential threat. Therefore, if you show a tendency towards brilliance, you will be harshly treated and discouraged at every turn. Communism needs slaves, not cowboys.

My best friend in the Czech Republic is brilliant. He speaks three languages and is capable at everything. However, under Communism, he was being raised to be an auto mechanic, because that was his father's profession. Luckily, Communism ended just as grade school was ending for him, and the tests the democratic government issued showed his high intellect, so he was allowed to go to a high school that prepares people for Univeristy. Imagine, under Communism his life would have been wasted working in some dingy little car repair shop, probably less than 10 miles from where he was born.

Negative Points of Communism:
1) it perverts man's true nature, which is self interest. Self interest encourages people to work hard for themselves, creating the prosperity we know today, a prosperity completely unheard of in man's history.

2) can only live on lies and intimidation. The people in East Germany were brainwashed into thinking that workers in democratic countries were being savagely exploited, as if it were the 1930's depression era days with sweatshops. They told them the Berlin wall was for their protection, to prevent the hordes of westerners from invading their "worker's paradise". See the monstrous lies Communism needed to survive?

3) Will never have the support of the people, because everyone yearns to be free. Therefore, it can only survive in a police state environment.

4) Economically, it makes everyone poor.

5) Socially, it makes everyone distrustful. People didn't even dare talk to their neighbors under Communism. You never knew who the government was paying to snitch. In Communism, the police would stop you on the street for no reason and demand to know where you were going and why. They had ways of discovering the truth; you don't want to know. Also, socially it just made people mean. You will hear this a thousand times if you travel in former Communist countries. People always seemed to be in a gray mood under Communism. No one was polite, no one smiled. No one would help you.

6) Spiritually, it was devasting. Practicing religion was not wise, and you would always be looked on with suspicion, and denied certain privileges.

7) You couldn't travel without permission. You had to live in the housing (often small, disgusting and substandard) the government provided, and you had to live where the government assigned you a job. In essence, you were the slave of the government.

8) You could never speak out against the government, and hence Communism is like a self-perpetuating institution. You can't call for its abolition.

Now..................... the advantages of Communism (I'll bet you thought I'd forget this, right?)

1) Materialism and consumerism did not corrupt people. Since you had so little money, you couldn't waste your free time buying things you neither need nor use. If you didn't have all the great gadgets, maybe you spent your time reading, studying, or improving yourself in some way rather than playing Game Boy or surfing the internet.

2) Abysmal poverty did not exist. You might live in a very small, depressing little apartment, but you had a minimum amount of food and social services, such as doctors in case you got sick. (Communists needed to keep the slaves healthy)

3) Everyone had a job. Even if you just passed out toilet paper in a public restroom, or swept floors at night, you had work. (this is probably a good/bad scenario; depends on whether you really wanted to work or not)

4) Since the average citizen did not have a voice in the functioning of the government, the government was more able to quickly implement whatever policy it wanted right away. This is important. Sometimes, you need to react quickly to some threat. Let's say a bunch of bridges were aging in a Communist country. The government could simply redirect all the resources at its disposal immediately. There didn't have to be any debate on the issue, no referendum involving "concerned citizens". The job would just be put in high gear, and it could be accomplished immediately. That is a big plus.

My last thought on Communism will surprise you. Even though I despise it as much as Ronald Reagan, people had to develop a self-reliance under Communism because you could never count on getting someone to fix your pipes, repair your furnace, or replace the windows in your aging home. You had to figure it out yourself.

Also, it sometimes generated a spirit among the people like men in the army. They are all sharing the same deprivations, and this builds commradarie.

Answer 2

Wow, nice and general large topic. where to start. Guess you could look at the history of Lennenism or Stalinism...then again, the cold war with Russia can be interesting too.
Then again, you could cover the effects on America regarding people being card carrying communist party members and the eventual slogans passed around "kill a commie for mommy" and the Governments reaction of trying to get people to turn others in, including their moms or dads that were invovled.
Or you could talk about China as a Communist country, and the only significant one left. Cover the early rocket programs where they wiped out villages and hushed it up during the space race, or something like the Tianimen square massacre where tanks rolled over peace demonstrators.
No matter what you cover regarding Communism, it isn't going to be a pretty sight on paper. GL

Answer 3

I'm not in the position to tell you much about communism... but I think it was McCarthyism who made some negative issues and chaotic image of communism to America. You could check it out with Mayor Putin! ;o)

Anyway, The plus for communism are;

the talents of individual could be garnished for the people, by the people and of the people. That is if the graft and corrupter are not within the system.

Also, the wealth is well distributed, that is if the G&C is not in the system.

Also, businessmen could be within the nationalistic scope and not on a 'dog eats dog basis'.

Religion would be in their heel as to praise God is praising God and not the leaders who pretended to be one, making themselves the Devil.

People are people, are accepted as they are and politician have some few rules upon them but the fear and respect are always within the unknown... which still rules for the day.

But as usual, Democracy, or Communism, or Socialism, or Military Junta, or whatever... criminals are criminals... wherever they are.

So, for your speech... any form of Government is good as long as the law and order is in place and criminals are in prison. And not criminals in power to rule the country.

Answer 4

the positives of communism are:
better education in general
better health care,just look at Cuba they have a lower infant mortality rate then America.
less corporations exploiting workers.

Answer 5

The Pros under Human rule? Because there are none

Humans =/= Communism

Communism would work great if everyone decided to give up their individualism, rights, and ambition to improve themselves

Answer 6

Here you go.. and next time.. think a little..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

bon chance!!