Recent Blogs the alienation from reality Alienation from reality Alienation has become the way we live. We are alienated from our work by having to labor for others interests, we have to obey authorities, we see... ...Read More  Posted by: socioanarchismo on 2008-11-20 17:25:37  | Rating:   | Views: 4 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  anarchism  communism  philosophy  politics  alienation  Trust and fear - what happens next? I think I'm going to need to rewrite this a few times, but would welcome comments to help me on the way... Watching the news over the last few weeks has really brought... ...Read More  Posted by: rose22 on 2008-10-13 18:44:10  | Rating:   | Views: 70 | Comments: 1 | Tags:  politics  finance  society  social policy  family  Thoughts on Evolution and evil What do you believe? I think that what you believe really determines your whole perspective in life. I truly feel that if your basic beliefs are screwed up all your beliefs... ...Read More  Posted by: unclemike68 on 2008-08-10 03:13:53  | Rating:   | Views: 24 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  obama  evolution  evil  theology  communism  Eric Hoffer (1902-83) Remembered:Guru of the 1950s Eric Hoffer (1902-83) Remembered: Guru of the 1950s-60s. By Franklin and Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net If you've never heard of Eric Hoffer, you are in... ...Read More  Posted by: bfparker on 2008-07-29 09:45:19  | Rating:   | Views: 394 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  1930s depression  hobo turned writer  influence of Montaigne  Francis Bacon  communism  Communism So why do people think that communism is bad? I'm NOT saying that we should have an all out revolution or anything (US Government, don't use stupid clippings from this... ...Read More  Posted by: Coheedinferno on 2008-07-07 00:26:27  | Rating:   | Views: 62 | Comments: 3 | Tags:  communism  earth  philosophies  goodness  evil  Obama: Hugo Chavez in an American's clothing     Barack Obama's rise to fame is akin to the "New Kids on the Block" phenomenom of the 1980's. He is merely a product of a brilliant marketing... ...Read More  Posted by: URthere4IM on 2008-05-13 22:12:52  | Rating:   | Views: 209 | Comments: 3 | Tags:  Politics  Obama  Clinton  Election  Marxism  Thoughts "From each according to their ability;" . . . it is assumed that each one is doing the best that he or she can do. "To each according to their... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-21 09:38:00  | Rating:   | Views: 34 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Communism  Thoughts If you have knowledge of the history of anarchism, then you know that anarchism and communism have been connected and coupled from the very beginnings of both of these two... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-16 12:45:09  | Rating:   | Views: 36 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Anarchism  communism  Thoughts Communism is not the social allocation of individually produced goods of value; rather, communism is the social allocation of collectively produced goods of value.... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-23 20:59:13  | Rating:   | Views: 38 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Communism  Capitalism  Thoughts There is one passage in holy writ which was often used to justify and absolve ecclesiastical methods of coercion, duress, persuasion, persecution, punishment,... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 11:14:19  | Rating:   | Views: 35 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Christianity  Communism  Thoughts In capitalism, the products of productive labor, including capital, belong to the class of capital proprietors. In socialism/communism, the products of productive... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 10:27:10  | Rating:   | Views: 33 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Capitalism  Socialism  Communism  Thoughts Income is value; and risk does not produce value.  Labor produces value. Workers risk their time and their education; but, they do what proprietors do not do -- workers... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:20:48  | Rating:   | Views: 43 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Fascism  Bolshevism  Socialism  Communism  Thoughts Government controls the lives of people here in the United States. Employers control the work of people here in the United States. And, here in the United States, value is... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:15:14  | Rating:   | Views: 35 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Socialism  Communism  Thoughts I do not advocate an authoritarian model of communism. I also do not advocate an authoritarian form of socialism. Any system that forces people to sacrifice themselves... ...Read More  Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:30:40  | Rating:   | Views: 44 | Comments: 0 | Tags: