Why are all AMERICANS afraid of the word COMMUNISM?

Question

Is communism bad?
Is capitalism better?
What about socialism?

Answer 1

in an ideal world, communism wouldn't be as bad as it has been practised. it's just an ideology that is very hard to implement without forcing the public to lose their liberty.

BUT, capitalism is also simply an ideology. does capitalism / consumerism / corporatism help the disabled or less fortunate? no. what if you had a severe injury and are no longer capable of competing with other fellow Americans? and not everyone was born to a rich family, but a rich family already has more capital than others to begin with, and the capital defines your ability to do things in this society. how is that fair? and the wealth is SUPPOSED to be circulated amongst the people through spending by the rich, but they keep money and keep investing to get richer and richer, and the wealth stays within the family. so obviously, capitalism is not working properly either.

communism is one extreme ideology and capitalism is the other extreme.

so why don't we pick the golden middle? Europeans do and it's called socialism. the people have the right to vote, liberty to work for whatever it pleases, but the richer you are, the more taxes you pay to protect those who need social assistance and less fortunate. but the American government won't explain that to you in depth because then the Americans would of course prefer the socialism to capitalism, which could cause some kind of a political turmoil. they don't want that. the US government is working for the corporations, and they don't want to destroy the current system to keep pleasing the corporations.

Answer 2

Although there are many different types of communism, most Americans (and many other people as well), immediately associate the word with Soviet style repressive communism, the gulag state. Communism in its most ideal form probably works best in a small group of people who share their possessions (it also tends to eliminate shirking since everbody knows what everyone else is up too). However, these types of societies are usually very primitive and nothing like the modern industrialized societies that most people live in (and want to live in).

Here is where America is different from the rest of the world. Most Americans don't distinguish between Soviet style communism and democratic socialism (the two are completely different of course).

Most Americans just uncritically associate capitalism with freedom, which is not completely true as there have been authorititarian political systems with little political liberty that have practiced capitalism.

Answer 3

Ironically, few Americans even know what the word means. We are taught from an early age that Communism is bad. It means hating God, and the government controlling everything you do. Most Americans could not tell you the difference between communism and socialism. To be fair, the only examples we had for a long time were the Soviet Union and China, neither of which were what Marx had in mind.

Answer 4

In a sense the thought of Communism is good. I believe the main goal of Communism is good when everyone works for the benefit of everyone else. But as I once heard absolute power corrupts absolutely so is capitalism better? In a capitalist economy there are few wealthy and many poor correct? This is my view on capitalism since America has few wealthy and many poor.

Answer 5

Give me all your property, so that I can share it with the "needy" as I see fit. What? You don't want to give away your property? Then you might need to be liquidated, you enemy of the People, you!

That's why Americans don't like communism. Even when the commissars are honest (seldom), communism invariably enters into a failure mode, which is known to economists as "the tragedy in the commons."

Of course, capitalism has its own set of flaws, being an economic cancer that grows until it can grow no more, whereupon it kills the whole world and then dies. (Mission accomplished!)

Both Marxist socialism, which is what communism is, and capitalism make the mistake of organizing human endeavor in ways that are either faulty or unsustainable. In fact, the problem with capitalism is the same as that for Marxism: the tragedy in the commons, with the minor difference that the commons for capitalism is the whole world and everyone in it.

There's only one kind of human collective for which there exists a remedy to the tragedy in the commons, namely, the family. Love is an emotion that evolved so that babies would receive in accordance with their needs, while the parents contributed according to their ability. That's "familial socialism," or "kinfolk socialism," and it is the only kind of socialism that works.

Answer 6

worry isn't the right note to apply. maximum if no longer all Communistic international locations are some version of dictatorships in prepare. We (the u . s .) do no longer experience it extremely is nice for us. The "rub" between both is Communists by ability of prepare look to favor to be rulers of the international and the U. S. promotes self decision by ability of pollnot bullet authorities. If different international locations did look after their own and not attempt to push their agendas on others, we would not be vulnerable to develop into in contact. previously you bounce to any conclusions, have a glance on the overseas help the U. S. sends in another us of a each and every twelve months. the real situation is a humanitarian one no longer a political one. If we stopped sending our help, and concentrated entirely on ourselves, many third international international locations might want to be in dire states.

Answer 7

I doubt very much if even MOST Americans are afraid of Communism since the Americas are a group of continents and islands some of which have communist governments.

I also doubt if most of the people in the United States are afraid of communism.

People in the United States tend to believe that charity is important and that everyone needs some help sometimes. What people in the US tend not to believe is that everyone should get a free ride without having to produce anything of value.

Communism fails because there is no motivation to produce anything of value since any value produced is spread among the entire population. As a result those who do produce anything of value cannot enjoy the fruits of their labor and the fruits are spread over such a large group that no one else can enjoy the fruits of the labor.

In addition managers are elevated based on charisma as opposed to ability to motivate value oriented production, the managers become politicians instead of managers and produce about as much of value as any politician does.

The capitalist/socialist model in the United States provides a much better opportunity to change income levels than any other nation in the world which is why so many innovative people immigrate to the United States.

Answer 8

Oh no, I'm not afraid of communism; it will be squashed like a bug along with socialism.

Answer 9

Good question. It's hard to explain, but the culture in America is very strong for democracy and capitalism and against communism because yes it is bad. There is no private property under comm. and no freedoms and is usually associated with dictatorships, violence, and oppression.

Answer 10

I'm not afraid of communism, when I hear that word, the Bruce Lee, and Arnauld comes out in me!