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The_Astronomer On June 26, 2010

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#1New Post! May 08, 2009 @ 22:05:33
Here's an interesting snippet of the difference between socialism and communism:

link [www.marxmail.org]

Socialists see the means of producing wealth as belonging to the people. So if you get successful and start producing and being industrious, it'll be taken away from you and given to those who obviously couldn't create if for themselves.

Socialism-to each according to his deeds

Communism-to each according to his needs

Just one difference there.
Socialism rewards an increase of work with more wealth, whereas communism rewards those with the greatest need (and perhaps the grossest?). Communism has to work out a way of distributing wealth equally, according to who needs what-a very appealing idea to the masses.

Here is communism's achilles heel for the only way to really do that is to have a free market economy where those worthy get the reward and not some parasite. Central planning in a communist country could never hope to work out the demon of distribution because you may end up wasting resources on a certain area that can't repay you. It all gets lopsided and neurotic-hence the need for massive loans from capitalist countries

Does the ultimate communist state mean sharing everything and if so, does this always mean having cental planning? Is anarchism (investigated by someone called Chomsky I believe), a further stage from communism-the state after the government had '...withered away...'?
The_Astronomer On June 26, 2010

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#2New Post! May 08, 2009 @ 22:06:56
Someone tell me why the USSR-the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was supposed to be communist?

Didn't Lenin bypass the supposed socialist stage deemed necessary for the transition from capitalism to communism when to the amazement of most close to him he cried, 'All power to the soviets'?

Why wasn't it the Union of Soviet Communist Republics?
sparkling On October 28, 2009




kitchener, Canada
#3New Post! May 08, 2009 @ 22:07:53
Socialism is what Canada has and the US is striving for.
karljkampovsky On May 13, 2009

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#4New Post! May 08, 2009 @ 22:09:03
I will deal with you tomorrow!
karljkampovsky On May 13, 2009

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#5New Post! May 08, 2009 @ 22:12:52
@sparkling Said

Socialism is what Canada has and the US is striving for.


Actually both are without socialism Canada is striving for it,but as of now only has socialization! The USA is a long way from either!
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