Communism: what is it?

[roo_ster]

Communism and Marxism won't ever work because it is based on an adolescent fantasy(1) of Marx's, where two great forces collide, destroying the present order and a new order coming out of the chaos.  All the rest of his work had the objective of proving forth his fantasy.  By sifting the record of history and UK bureaucracy, throwing out everything that did not align and keeping that which did.  Marx natters on interminably about industry and the working class, without ever having set foot in a factory his own self and holding factory workers in contempt.

To take Marx seriously is to beclown oneself.





(1) As in, "fantasy Marx had while a teenager."

[TommyGunn]

What is Communism?   It's a branch of entomology.

Studying insects? 

[Hutch]

Don't forget that wonderful "labor theory" of value, wherein the intrinsic value of a thing is determined by how much labor is expended to produce it.  It served as an underpinning of the whole "working class Utopia" model.

[roo_ster]

Don't forget that wonderful "labor theory" of value, wherein the intrinsic value of a thing is determined by how much labor is expended to produce it.  It served as an underpinning of the whole "working class Utopia" model.

Hey, I spent a whole lotta time polishing that turd!  It oughta be worth beau coup $$$.

[Hutch]

Hey, I spent a whole lotta time polishing that turd!  It oughta be worth beau coup $$$.

You have correctly identified Herr Marx's intellectual silliness. 

[Perd Hapley]

To take Marx seriously is to beclown oneself.

What is Communism?   It's a branch of entomology.

Love this place. 

[RevDisk]

What do we think folks?

All self-described communist countries had totalitarian oligarchies. Castro in Cuba, Kim family in North Korea, Politburo in USSR, Princelings in the PRC. Communism was just propaganda for the masses, and was only enforced on the masses. Practical communism appears to be a variation of feudalism. Heavily family oriented groups acted as "lords", often with a "King" figure, which kept the peasants in their place as serfs.

Self-styled capitalist countries (even communist countries had some capitalism) do have their own political lords and clans. But usually less "life or death" related powers. Capitalist oligarchies have limited ability over civil liberties, rule of law, etc. Their power is mostly economic.