10-31-2014, 09:50 PM
(10-31-2014, 09:19 PM)͝ ͟ ͜ Wrote:(10-31-2014, 01:38 AM)AltruismAndCake Wrote: WARNING SOB STORY AHEAD
In my dad's days he lived in a poor family that couldn't buy him new clothes, so he had hand-me-down bell bottom pants. They constantly complained about not having enough money.
Have you forgotten the long bread lines in Russia or the mass starvation of peasants in China?
No I haven't forgotten that, I thought I mentioned that those aren't considered communist countries by those using Marx definition or people who actually believe in communism. Your attacking a straw man. If someone says they're believe and follow nihilism and then tell all others that they are evil for believing otherwise, are they really a nihilist? If a claims to be a law abiding citizen, and then guns down people in front of you, are they really law abiding? If someone starts a revolution in the name of communism, kills people on purpose, and instates a dictatorship to "watch over" the people to make sure they obey "communism", are they really a communist instating communism? Doesn't the idea of needing people to watch over communism mean that you are instating a class system? The watchers and the watched?
As far as I understand, there are three views on communism: one is the kind that you incite rebellion with. The second is the kind Marx describe, which isn't a government at all, it's what he believes is a natural progression of things (capitalism -> angry workers -> liberalism -> communism) Note that, according to his theory, there has never been a true communism. Finally there's the third, which is voluntary communism, people willingly share all/most of what they have with each other. These have existed LONG ago, and worked just fine throughout history.
BTW one-liner much? (yes i'm instigating you)
On a more positive note, good job on the probability question, yes that is the right answer