Would communism work for Canada?

Question

Because my friend keeps pushing this **** on me that communism is better that capitalism. I beg to differ. I'd rather have a balance of both peace and freedom with capitalism rather than give up one for the other with communism. Look at rural China, now tell me would communism work for Canada? I need your opinions because I strongly disagree.

Answer 1

Honestly, I have a friend that is the same--he's constantly saying the Communist Manifesto is a great peace of writing and stuff.

Communism would work. However, it would work MUCH WORSE than capitalism/democracy. Does he know what the Soviet Union was like in the 1970's and 1980's? People literally had to wait 10 years for a new car, because there were not enough companies. I remember, my mom telling me that when she lived there, on the day that she was born, her parents put a reserve on an apartment, so that when the people moved out, she could live there. Eventually, she met my dad (in her 20's), and she moved in with him, but the apartment was still not open. This wasn't isolated either, there was a shortage of housing to buy or rent. I've got plenty more misery stories besides that lol. Like television and the media was controlled, and run by the government--you hear what they want you to hear.

I personally feel that government should stay out of my life as much as possible. Think about this; if we go to communism, then there would only be 2 classes: middle and upper--upper class would be politicians and their friends. The middle class gets paid the same, no matter what their education, no matter how hard they work, no matter anything.

The free market is a great thing because they reflect what the people want. If somebody wants a fuel efficient car, then car manufacturers compete for your business, by offering the lowest priced car, with the highest quality. When the government hires one company to make cars, then they make whatever cars they want. Actually, communism is against all types of communism--including from other political parties.

Also, I don't know how important religion is to you, but communism doesn't allow for that either.

Just an interesting fact: In less than the past 100 years, Communist governments have claimed between 65 million and 110 million lives, and they oppress about 20% of the world's population.

Answer 2

There are two chief theories or ideals of economic organization. In one (communism) the government owns everything and the people nothing. In the other (capitalism) private individuals own everything. Neither is perfect, and neither works in pure form. Either system must contain elements of the other.

So when you ask whether communism would work for Canada, you must ask exactly what form of communism is meant. How much will the government own. What will the people own? How will individual liberties and freedom of choice be maintained? Or will they go by the wayside, as is common in nearly all communist systems so far. How will the monetary system be run?

China is communist in name only -- it has so many of the trappings of a capitalist society that you can't call it communist any longer. And with the fall of comminism in China, there has come to be a middle class -- suddenly -- with 60 million people in that class in China!

Communism is great as a paper theory. So is capitalism. But either pure system would turn most people into slaves, so we must have protections and safeguards in either.

Answer 3

a million. There is extra to fascism than patriotism. A fascist nation is the perfect police state. The executive controls each and every detail of its residents' lives. Fascism's quintessential constituents are: - nationalism - country wide socialism - totalitarianism - statism - militarism - hierarchy of social categories - corporatism - financial making plans - rejection of all different ideologies, adding democracy, capitalism, and communism two. I doubt it, however I quite do not know. I do understand that a long way-correct "neo-fascist" events had been gaining a few legit political energy in Germany and Austria. three. First of all, Hitler as a Fascist rejected all different types of presidency, and communism was once no exception. Communism was once additionally his largest risk, each because the political competition (Communist Party of Germany) and because the rivaling totalitarian tremendous poised for army conquest at the eve of World War II (The Soviet Union). Hitler and his allies noticed communism, notably Stalinist Russia, as a big risk to the arena and the Axis' plans for the arena of the longer term. It's additionally valued at noting that racism performed a side. Hitler viewed Slavic peoples (i.e., Russians) as inferior sub-individuals, and he noticed communism as a Jewish conspiracy. In political concept, communism is a long way left, fascism is a long way correct. Communism is approximately the operating elegance whilst fascism stresses a social hierarchy and an elite management. Theoretically, they're entire opposites. four. Like I mentioned, there may be extra to fascism than nationalism. The United States is a republic whose 2 most important political events are middle-correct and middle-left. The US isn't fascist.

Answer 4

Canada in many physical respects, resembles Russia (the old Soviet Union) in its immense land mass, timber and mineral resources and a hardy people. The USSR tried to make communism work for 70 years, but the leaders, at great risk to their own necks,. simply had to give up on a system that diminished enterprise and grew bureaucracy. Like the US, except not in debt, Canada's citizens have thrived on capitalism and with their great capitalist engine growing by leaps and bounds, they would throw out any regime that even suggested changing from a dynamic system to lethargic and crony-packed communism.

Answer 5

Sure, why not?

Communism has only killed 100 million people...let's give it another chance!

I really love it when people defend socialism, saying it hasn't work because the right people haven't been in charge!

So who are the right people?

Sorry, but communism doesn't work for anybody. Sure, capitalism may not be a perfect system, but such a system allows someone to succeed based on their own hard work and merit rather than keep someone beaten and oppressed in the same position for the rest of his life.

Answer 6

Well communism is very out of fashion. It was an interesting idea but it leads inevitably to a dictatorship. I don't think it would work. Some measure of socialism for sure, along with responsible capitalism seems the best option to me.

Answer 7

aaaaahhhh Communism is beginning to rear its ugly head again.
I'm surprised it would be Canada rather than a European country.
Lenin said ,"Religion is the opiate of the masses."
I say Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals

Intellectuals will forever debate its value.

REAL people will look at the history it has left behind and make their own decision

Answer 8

Communism requires extreme dedication to society, self-sacrifice, and is completely intolerant of bourgeois intellectual opinion and opposition.

Canadians are much too laid back to be good Communists.

Communism and Capitalism are 19th century concepts whose dialectical synthesis is a global economy composed of nations with varying degrees of social democracy.

Answer 9

Well, as far as I know, communism hasn't really worked anywhere. Yes, China is experiencing explosive growth right now, but at what cost to the Chinese people? I wouldn't want to live there.

Answer 10

just to correct cata - Lenin did not say "religion is the opiate of the masses". Karl Marx said that.

no, communism would not work. not only is the idea unfashionable nowadays, but it did not work. In theory, it does. but not in practice.

and the first poster (who said that Canada is socialist enough as it is) is correct. we need to abolish socialism...jesus