Pro or Con?

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Have you ever seen a country like that?

democracy
democracy
: a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting
: a country ruled by democracy
: an organization or situation in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights

That sounds like our country.

re·pub·lic

a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
archaic
a group with a certain equality between its members.

That is supposed to be America.

The question is are you for or against communism?

Originally Posted by Guest

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Have you ever seen a country like that?

There are no countries like Karl Marx envisioned. Maybe a very small group of people could live like that. Some kind of Utopia.

This is like asking if you like unicorns.

Originally Posted by Guest

There are no countries like Karl Marx envisioned. Maybe a very small group of people could live like that. Some kind of Utopia.

This is like asking if you like unicorns.

I agree, in fact all you have to do to see if this would work is to compare the history of Germany and East Germany. I was in Germany went the wall went down. On a return visit we went to Berlin the stark differences between the cities was amazing. We travelled to East Germany where bombed out buildings from the WW2 still had not be repaired.

We are human and as humans some of us will work hard, some not so hard and some not at all. That is why this type of system will fail!

It's as bad as Fascism, but about 40 % of Americans are not concerned about Fascism

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

The question is are you for or against communism?

Is that a trick question? If you are FOR America, then you are NOT for communism.

Originally Posted by Guest

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Have you ever seen a country like that?

Yes, there are places where it works. It is the way a kibbutz-community farm in Israel works. It is the rules on a typical commune in the 1960's.

PERHAPS, THE REAL CONCERN IS AND SHOULD BE THAT CARL MARX WHEN ASKED IF WAR WAS NECESSARY FOR COMMUNISM TO TAKE OVER AMERICA. I READ THIS YEARS AGO. WHAT CARL MARX SAID-COMMUNISM WILL NOT TAKE OVER CAPITALISM IN WAR BUT RATHER IT WILL TAKE OVER OUR SCHOOLS-CLEARLY CARL MARX WAS RIGHT.