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Very good point. After all, we all know how sometimes wonderful ideas can turn out badly [1]. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism http://en.wikipedia.
by ansimionescu 13y ago
Very good point. After all, we all know how sometimes wonderful ideas can turn out badly [1].
[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
- dmix 13y agoSocialism was a good idea, maybe an unrealistic one in many respects. Whereas Communism via "Vanguard-party" was always a bad idea. Pretty much all of communist countries never got past the Vanguard transitional stage and ended up with a brutal dictatorship.
- summerdown2 13y agoI think socialism has worked pretty well in the UK, all things considered. We've never gone the whole hog, but we have had a welfare state and a number of industries nationalised at various times. I rather like having a mixed economy where some elements of capitalism are balanced by socialism.
- sjtrny 13y agoIt's only turned out badly when countries tried to leap from agricultural to communism without the capitalist/industrial intermediary stage.
- PhineasRex 13y agoI'm not sure how this meme started, Communism is a `terrible` idea. The goals of Communism are good but the actual plan might be the worst model of government ever tried.