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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 10:44 am
I don't think there's any denying that Democracy is obviously much better than communism, come on...
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 10:46 am
It is but of course there are other dimensions to be considered. What role should government play? How much power and to what end?
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 10:46 am
Communism is great for the persons who are most equal. Not so much for the rest.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 10:47 am
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(November 23, 2017 at 10:46 am)Fireball Wrote: Communism is great for the persons who are most equal. Not so much for the rest.
Of course that is more and more true in the US as well, whatever you want to call our system. We seem to be as prone to extreme income inequality as Russia.
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 10:58 am
(November 23, 2017 at 9:48 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Communism is absolutely terrible. So many people have had their rights taken away, have suffered, and have been killed because of communism. If anyone has any doubts, study up on the Soviet Union or go to North Korea.
Oddly enough, that never happens in republics. 
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 11:04 am
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2017 at 11:19 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
By the way, my state is ruled by a communist party. Here "Progression" that is preached by many other parties means taking away reservation, subsidies and such for minority groups, economically backward communities, lower caste people, people of tribal communities living in absolute crap environment etc.
Also, granted Cuba wasn't perfect under Castro it still accomplished a lot. They made a lot of progression in health care sector and educational sector. It is said that Cuba used to have at least a quarter of her population illiterate but now they have almost 100% literacy rate and their healthcare is one of the best in the world(and free!!). Free education, free healthcare, free housing(I think), free rations(probably), no taxes......c'mon..a lot of advancements have been made but it's not perfect. Like every other system implementation matters just as much, don't blame a system for its poor implementation. I forgot another thing which is the life expectancy of Cuba, it is one of the highest in the world. Not saying it's in the best state but calling it a complete failure is a severe misrepresentation.
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 11:27 am
(November 23, 2017 at 11:04 am)pool the matey Wrote: By the way, my state is ruled by a communist party. Here "Progression" that is preached by many other parties means taking away reservation, subsidies and such for minority groups, economically backward communities, lower caste people, people of tribal communities living in absolute crap environment etc.
Also, granted Cuba wasn't perfect under Castro it still accomplished a lot. They made a lot of progression in health care sector and educational sector. It is said that Cuba used to have at least a quarter of her population illiterate but now they have almost 100% literacy rate and their healthcare is one of the best in the world(and free!!). Free education, free healthcare, free housing(I think), free rations(probably), no taxes......c'mon..a lot of advancements have been made but it's not perfect. Like every other system implementation matters just as much, don't blame a system for its poor implementation. I forgot another thing which is the life expectancy of Cuba, it is one of the highest in the world. Not saying it's in the best state but calling it a complete failure is a severe misrepresentation.
I think you're wanting "progressive" rather than "progression". I use Google at lot to tell me if I'm using a word right. 
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 11:35 am
(November 23, 2017 at 7:15 am)Sal Wrote: Good on paper, bad in practice.
Name me one "ism" that isn't.
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 11:36 am
😁 yeah that's the one GS you grammar nazi 😜😘
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RE: What is your opinion about Communism?
November 23, 2017 at 11:53 am
(November 23, 2017 at 11:36 am)pool the matey Wrote: 😁 yeah that's the one GS you grammar nazi 😜😘
Oddly enough, it's the reverse in the US.
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