What is your opinion about Communism?

[Edwardo Piet]

Oh, have you not seen the movie Animal Farm? That movie, which I recommended, is very anti-communism.

It's a great movie for kids too, of course, since it involves talking cartoon animals, and it basically teaches the lesson that if you try to give no one power then the strong but nasty people (or animals in the cartoon) push themselves into power through force.  Trying too hard to make a perfectly equal society can actually lead to extreme inequality and tyranny.

It's one of the best movies I've ever seen. And I first saw it when I was about 10.

Before the movie... Before the cartoon... Before the lie...

There was The Book!

See my earlier post about my lack of attention spa-- oh look a squirrel!

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Communism is fascism by another name.

It's economically left fascism.

The common denominator is it's still socially right.

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Are you a communist? What are you opinions about communism?

Note: I mean the Marxist-Leninist ideology to be more specific.

No.

I think it would work well in a small self-sustained community, but the most likely end result is zero innovation and initiative, everyone becoming a drone, a zombie, just another cog in the machine... Might have worked well on ancient tribal communities, but was invented a bit too late for them.

I think the reason why it could work (but not necessarily would work) in a small self-sustained community is because the smaller the community the less likely that there's someone who exists there who will abuse their way into a leader position.