Kibbutz members were not classic Marxists though their system partially resembled Communism...Kibbutzim were run as collective enterprises within a free market system. Kibbutzim also practiced active democracy, with elections held for kibbutz functions and full participation in national elections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would say that outside of hippy communes and kibbutzes, there has never > been a true communist state. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sisk, Kris [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 6:31 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: how do they come up with this crud? > > > ....which more or less embodied what Americans are generally talking > about when they say 'communism'. Let's be fair. There's never been a > true communist state that didn't turn into a dictatorship in very short > order. I doubt there ever will be. Humans want leadership and human > leaders want more power. Those two facets of human nature make communism > a utopian pipe dream. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 5:24 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: how do they come up with this crud? > > > I would say that it didn't happen under Communism or Socialism. The > Soviet > Union was neither. It was a Marxist Dictatorship that started out as a > communist movement. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326333 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
