Communism vs Socialism.

[Shadowstar1922]

Don't forget that this world's greatest murderers were both communists.
And there's a reason for that.

Like I said before, communism was never achieved. They were all socialist states. Josef Stalin and General Mao were socialist. They hid behind the thought of communism.

[meiguorach]

...I'm not for Communism OR Socialism. I'll leave it at that.

[Dr Frook]

sustainable socialism is fine and does work. Communism never worked, never existed, was only in the minds of those who conceived of the idea. Anything that pretends to be communist is either a dictatorship or some other unrelated political system that does not follow the true ideals of communism.

[Shadowstar1922]

sustainable socialism is fine and does work. Communism never worked, never existed, was only in the minds of those who conceived of the idea. Anything that pretends to be communist is either a dictatorship or some other unrelated political system that does not follow the true ideals of communism.

It's hard to say that communism can't work when it's never been achieved...

China has been going to more communist policies and their economy is boosting, and their people are doing somewhat better.

When Vietnam reconstructed their constitution and made it a bit more communist, Vietnam did great and Vietnam is growing to become an economic superpower, and the people are doing good.

I'm sure those two countries leaning to Communism wouldn't take the risk of going to complete Communism, but to a balance between communism and socialism.

[meiguorach]

China has been going to more communist policies and their economy is boosting, and their people are doing somewhat better.

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[Dr Frook]

no no no, from what I can see, china is a one party democracy with capitalistic policies and a very small bit of socialism mixed in. However, it is mostly "fend for yourself" and don't be overly critical of the higher echelons of government.