In other words, a classic Socialist system, using the economic definition of classic socialism, not the political BS version offered by the right wing.
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:326335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
