On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > No...Marxism is an extreme left ideology just as fascism is an extreme right > ideology.
So you agree Marxism is socialism but a version you don't like so you throw it away. > However Communism and Socialism are centered on the people, so > a dictatorial ruler is contradictory to the tenets of both. In order to have communism or socialism you need to overthrow the capitalists with dictatorship of the proletariat. > 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. So if something doesn't follow all the tenets it's void yet you still call it right-wing. > 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. Now you're saying communism is good except every time it was tried it failed. > In Europe, > Socialist Democratic states, like Sweden and Denmark have thrived on the > otherhand. Have the followed all the tenets of socialism or just so ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:326372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
