Once again, I struggle with 2 or 3 responses, can't get it right, give up, and a 5 minutes later someone else says it absolutely perfectly.
+100 on all points, well done JJ. > See, Wayne, I happen to agree with Robert's definition. > > Communism is an economic theory. The way that capitalism is an > economic theory. Read the "Communist Manifesto" for details. A good > definition for me: > > A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective > ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common > advantage of all members. > > The "communist" Soviet Union combined communism (economic) with > authoritarianism (political). According to Marx, it is a "dictatorship > of the proletariat". Lenin saw it as a "soviet democracy". > > For me, things like anarchy, democracy, monarchy, theocracy, military > dictatorship are political systems. They describe how a group (the > "government") comes into and retains power. > > So I personally feel that Robert is more correct in this than Wayne. > > I definitely don't feel that a "He is completely wrong" was just, and > the QED does not fit at all, since I don't see that anything was > proven. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198408 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
