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 paragraph and send me to the... Read More
Posted by: Coheedinferno on 2008-07-07 00:26:27
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    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 campaign: all glitter, no... Read More
Posted by: URthere4IM on 2008-05-13 22:12:52
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"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 need." . . . it is... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-21 09:38:00
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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 ideas The have... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-16 12:45:09
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Communism is not the social allocation of individually produced goods of value; rather, communism is the social allocation of collectively produced goods of value. The condition... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-23 20:59:13
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There is one passage in holy writ which was often used to justify and absolve ecclesiastical methods of coercion, duress, persuasion, persecution, punishment, intimidation, terror, torture,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 11:14:19
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In capitalism, the products of productive labor, including capital, belong to the class of capital proprietors. In socialism/communism, the products of productive labor, including the... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 10:27:10
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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 produce value by... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:20:48
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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 taken from labor... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:15:14
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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 for the common good... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:30:40
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I have read the few books books by Norman Thomas that I have been able to purchase. Thomas did not like authoritarian communism; but, authoritarian communism is not necessarily synonymous... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:25:37
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There is as much difference between the names communism and socialism as there is between the words community and society. "I maintain that superstition is more hurtful... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:18:10
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In general, communism and socialism are synonymous names, although very often they are used to denote somewhat different political-economic systems. Communism is very often used to denote a... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:16:10
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"What we've got to do is have shared responsibility. Everybody has to pay something, but obviously on a sliding scale," Clinton said. "I think you can automatically enroll people,... Read More
Posted by: unclemike68 on 2008-02-03 21:51:08
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Perhaps the choice between individualism and communism is an extremist choice, a hardliner choice, or a fundamentalist choice.  Perhaps the choice between the two extremities is... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-01-27 16:41:53
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Creativity is a fundamental characteristic of human being. Creativity is as fundamental to being human as is freedom. If there are actual truths, then are there possible truths?... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-01-21 16:53:12
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Good things that happened today: I drove to school w/o crashing the car I did OK on my Spanish quiz I got hot topic pants from Corinna *o* My friend gave me a pizza crust Bad things... Read More
Posted by: Tokubi on 2007-10-02 13:08:32
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