are you communist?

[TaraJo]

The irony is that socialism and communism gets popular when capitalism gets too powerful and corrupt. Remember, there wasn't a communist revolution in Russia until after the general public was being crushed by corrupt capitalists. If you're paying attention, you'll see something similar here: people are talking about socialism and communism and collectivism like they're good ideas, largely because we're sick of Wall Street bankers, big corporations and plutocrats ruling over us by buying up influence in Washington. I mean, it's easy to say that since communism didn't work in the USSR, it won't work now, but it's equally easy to say that the USSR wasn't really communism as communism was intended to be. The bourgeois used to be private land owners but under communism, they were replaced by the state which was equally problematic.

Personally, I say going too far towards either communism or free market will be problematic. Both have advantages and disadvantages. If we insist on being all for one, we're accepting all the negatives of that one as well. If we accept that both have positive traits and negative traits, we can utilize the best aspects of both while minimizing the negative aspects. Me, I see society having strong, free enterprises that are strictly regulated by the government and certian, vital services have a government option to set a standard that the private sector has to meet to stay competitive.