No...Marxism is an extreme left ideology just as fascism is an extreme right ideology. However Communism and Socialism are centered on the people, so a dictatorial ruler is contradictory to the tenets of both. Just because we called it Communism and Socialism doesn't mean that it really was that. It was simply a dictatorship that took over a movement that was rooted in socialism and communism, but did not follow all it's tenets. It would be better described as Marxism as it was advocating violent overthrow of governments arising from class warfare and the subjugation of the working class. Yes it did share some ideals with the 2, but then so do we as a Social Democratic Republic, but that doesn't make us any more a socialist or communist state that the USSR was. Communism was never successful beyond a small group (aka the example of hippie communes or Israeli Kibbutzes). That is why I say we have never seen a communist state...ever. In Europe, Socialist Democratic states, like Sweden and Denmark have thrived on the otherhand.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 8:39 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: how do they come up with this crud? I'm at a loss here. Are you saying you don't recognize Marxism as a valid socialist plan or are you saying it isn't connected with socialism at all? Maybe you might want to call it a right-wing thing. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's neither Communism or Socialism. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:326339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
