(November 29, 2014 at 11:52 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(November 29, 2014 at 10:20 am)A Theist Wrote: Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of you sharing your experiences as a committed communist. Karl Marx was a lazy bum with mental issues who mooched off his working buddy, Friedrich Engels. This caused contention between the two later on.
Although I am sympathetic to socialism it may surprise you to know that I am not a communist.
It's all about extremes with some people isn't it! If I don't believe economic inequality is a good thing then I must be a damn ruskie!
Well I'm afraid your American tendency to hyperbole has missed its mark.
Communism is viable in some circumstances. A convent or monastery is essentially a communist system.