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Originally posted by [AK?]Pudsterman
"Pudster, that was an asinine comment if I've ever read one. Communism is big government to the most extreme degree."
Uhh....no Palooka....you better break out your copy of Marx and start reading away, because our educational system has badly failed you. The following is your history lesson of the day, take notes because you obviously need to.Communism in its purest form does not have any form of organized government.
Actually, communism is NOT a form of government at all; it's an economic theory
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The theory is that everyone lives in their little huts growing potatoes or some other yummy veggies in their little gardens and that they form up in little communes sharing with those around them for vital foods and services to stay alive. The only form of real government would be a postal system for communication purposes. If there is no organization, then there can be no one in power to oppress those below them.
Soviet Russia was a bastardization of Marxism. It was an Oligarchy the same as "Communist" China is. Marx would never had willingly participated in the Soviet system that we know. It is all about oppression and exploitation. Two things that he was trying to defeat.
Perhaps you can point to a governing body on the planet that has ever existed that followed the edicts of Marx's Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto, Pud... I believe you'll be hard pressed to find anything even remotely resembling "pure communism". The reason for this is that communism does not work when applied to the natural predilections of man. Man is, by nature, competitive, which makes capitalism work so dang well...