Okay, so I re-did the test I posted previously after Indo's rather un-indie comment. Guess what happened:
Your Score: Fascism
41% liberty, 30% individualism
Your citizens enjoy a few freedoms. They gladly give those freedoms up for government funded housing, medical care, welfare, and public schools. The government follows/uses the (holy book) and/or the state ideology to legislate and judge every citizen. Individuals are encouraged to succeed, given they do it within god's or the leader's law. ( Don't want to post this result? Well I probably wouldn't want to either if I found out I was a thought control freak like you )
Riiight... that's even worse! Well I'm afraid I'll have to mark that test as funny, though also rather stupid. I bet it must have been a neo-liberal like myself that made this; only a neo-liberal that has a very negative view on all forms of restricted individualism. Ah well, let's go make a post on communism.
Communism, is really, a lot like capitalism. The social structure that is; we all need each other, and we all work for each other. However in capitalism, this trade happens indirectly, and blurs the understanding of the actual system; the society. Living in a society is all about helping each other. If we would all go live in cabins far away from everyone, we'd go back to the stone age. Living in a society enables trade, in goods and in services. For instance: light bulbs don't grow on trees, and it takes a lot of craftsmen and resources to create a single light bulb, it is not worth the effort if you live alone in a cabin to make light bulbs; you'd want to trade them. Same as not everyone is a skilled doctor, or a teacher, or an artist. Living in a society makes us stronger, to defend ourselves from enemies, diseases, disasters, etc. It also makes us richer, we don't all need to farm our own food, we have farmers to do that, so we can go work in a power plant to make electricity, and so on; increasing the luxury of life.
In communism, this system is paramount; it is the basis for everything. People work for each other, for their nation and know that their effort will indirectly effect themselves. Patriotism is the love for ones country and the people that live in it. That might be taken a step higher to make it nationalism, however nationalism is usually a fascist thing with lots of propaganda and such. Communism requires people to be patriotic, if they are not patriotic, they will cease working and be a leach, living over the backs of others.
In capitalism, the society system is hidden under individualism and the tale you are told that you need to work to get something out of your life. This is much more tyrannical than communism, it is a negative approach, and encourages more negativity. The people that live under capitalism are not compassionate towards their fellow countrymen; all they care about is themselves. It is a selfish, greedy system that is prone to crime and corruption. Besides that it tears down social order and culture; because people lack patriotism and boost their selfishness.
Now, communism, the raw ideology of it; is that people learn that they work for each other in their society, and that all the work they put into the society is going to make it stronger. Patriotism is mandatory, and therefor culture is mandatory; after all; if you have no identity (which culture is), what can you be proud of? In communism, the goal is to establish a community without an authoritarian government, instead there is a common order; better known as social control. Social control is what used to be the respect for older people and everyone that is in a more important position that you are. For instance, vandals are corrected by passers-by instead of just passing by the vandals telling yourself you didn't notice them.
Whatever size group, there is always a guidance, a leader. In a commune, that might be a group of elders that comes together every now and then, and in a nation, it is the government; the larger the group, the larger the guidance. It is natural to us, and mandatory to have a government to provide us with information and to guide us to the best way possible. There really is just one problem with communism; people try to force it. That does not influence the initial ideology of communism; it's just that going from capitalism to communism is such a big step that people are prone to make it a violently forced one to see communism established within their lifetime; because if you'd ask me, I'd say it'd take centuries to establish a well functioning communist nation. But it'd be one hell of a great fucking nation.
Now, communism, the raw ideology of it; is that people learn that they work for each other in their society, and that all the work they put into the society is going to make it stronger. Patriotism is mandatory, and therefor culture is mandatory; after all; if you have no identity (which culture is), what can you be proud of? In communism, the goal is to establish a community without an authoritarian government, instead there is a common order; better known as social control. Social control is what used to be the respect for older people and everyone that is in a more important position that you are. For instance, vandals are corrected by passers-by instead of just passing by the vandals telling yourself you didn't notice them.
Whatever size group, there is always a guidance, a leader. In a commune, that might be a group of elders that comes together every now and then, and in a nation, it is the government; the larger the group, the larger the guidance. It is natural to us, and mandatory to have a government to provide us with information and to guide us to the best way possible. There really is just one problem with communism; people try to force it. That does not influence the initial ideology of communism; it's just that going from capitalism to communism is such a big step that people are prone to make it a violently forced one to see communism established within their lifetime; because if you'd ask me, I'd say it'd take centuries to establish a well functioning communist nation. But it'd be one hell of a great fucking nation.
2 comments:
"Communism requires people to be patriotic, if they are not patriotic, they will cease working and be a leach, living over the backs of others."
And what happens to people in communist countries who refuse to work, salute the national flag, and refuse blind obediance to the omnipotent state? Are they thrown out on the street to live as homeless people, or does the nanny state still provide their basic needs?
There are only two communist countries remaining in the world--Cuba and North Korea. China, Vietnam, and Loas still have one-party systems that call themselves "Communist", but they are so in name only. Those countries are now autocratic fascist states with prosperous market economies.
The only difference between Hitler's government and that of Stalin was the extent of economic control. Hitler allowed a market economy in the way of private ownership that was very controlled by the government. Under Stalin and during the entire existence of the Soviet Union, there was no private enterprise--everything was owned and controlled by the government.
Anton, although I was just teasing you in comparing your philosophy of that of the Hitler Youth in the video, this latest political philosophy test that you took and posted on here is no joke, in that your political philosophy is ineed that of a national socialist control freak: Fairness, equality, and redistribution of wealth by force.
You confuse "voluntary communitarianism", which is what most indigenous tribal societies exercise, with "forced communitarianism", aka "communism".
Why are there only two communist nations left in the world? Answer: Because decades of it in various countries, which you have not been around along enough to witness, proved to be a failure. If you need a witness, I can put you in touch with my friend in the Czech Republic who I have known for 35 years. He grew up under communism, and since it's fall in that nation, has preferred the imperfections of capitalism over his country ever returning to a socialist state.
Communism is a failure in Cuba and North Korea as well. Those collectivist fascist states only continue to exist due to the support of their police and militaries towards their charasmatic, meglomaniac dictators.
Human beings are naturally competitive and do not have the ability to form utopian societies where everything is always fair, equal, and honest. Former socialist and communist states and the current ones that exist are rife with injustice and corruption. During the Soviet era, 1% of the Russian population lived as a privilaged elite, just like Royal families in counties with monarchies do at the expense of their fellow taxpaying citizens.
Fidel Castro has amassed a personal fortune of over $900 million dollars.
There are homeless people in Cuba and many of the "free" medical clinics are filthy and lack adequate medicine and supplies.
The tourist industry, which Cuba largely relies on for income, is largely run by private Spanish firms; i.e., the luxary hotels and villas, etc. The Cuban government just taxes about 30% of their profits.
The only purpose of government should be to provide those ESSENTIAL goods and services that the private sector cannot provide at either a reasonable cost, as efficiently, or not at all.
Fairness and equality in any society can be encouraged with the offer of low flat taxes in exchange for decent wages and non-discrimination policies on the part of the private sector.
Hitler and Stalin were very much alike, I completely agree with that.
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