(November 12, 2015 at 11:25 am)abaris Wrote:(November 12, 2015 at 10:30 am)robvalue Wrote: I see, thanks. So does that make communism (generally) a dictatorship though? It seems like no one can challenge the authority of that mental guy.
Regime is the keyword. Communism, as imagined by Marx, was about willingly sharing the resources. Not forcibly.
But that aside, North Korea doesn't even fit that bill. Apart from the collectivism, it's only for the benefit of one person/family and to a lesser degree, a very small ruling cast. That's why I said, if you want to attach labels to something that can't be labelled, it's similar to absolute monarchies of old. The rulers take what they need and fuck the peasants.
The other part about this one guy who was a Marx fan, is that I admitted Marx had some good ideas, but this is what I don't like about formulas set in stone, someone can take that idea and turn it into a rigid inflexible idea which is what Stalin did. It is why I also don't like Ayn Rand. Good economies more like the west are mixed, and the key isn't being rigid but adapting to changing situations. I think democratic socialism is the best mix. It doesn't say either or, but it depends.
