Communism = Social Responsibility?

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Is Communism the party for social responsibility?

Why or why not?

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[SpeedRacer 1]

technically yes. if in a communist state it is the government ruling party that is responsible for distributing goods & services to the rest of society, by definition that would make them the party of social responsiblity. As a matter of fact in such a society, none of that responsiblity is left to the individual.

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[racer42 0]

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technically yes. if in a communist state it is the government ruling party that is responsible for distributing goods & services to the rest of society, by definition that would make them the party of social responsiblity. As a matter of fact in such a society, none of that responsiblity is left to the individual.

True enough on a theoretical level. But let's face the facts. There's just no money in socialism anymore.

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[SpeedRacer 1]

that's true as well. communism is a sucky way to run a nation's economy, IMHO. That's why I live here.

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[Richards 0]

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Is Communism the party for social responsibility?

Why or why not?

I thought that idea was as forgotten as the idea that the world was flat. It does not seem to have worked anywhere.

Richards

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[billvon 3,132]

>It does not seem to have worked anywhere.

Works here for national parks.

I think the reason the US has been so successful is that we haven't harped on any one ideology. We call ourselves a democracy, but we don't vote on everything - much of the government is run through a representative body. We have an executive which runs something like a monarchy, and a judicial system that's intended to be a meritocracy. We are primarily capitalistic, but have a significant amount of socialism (roads, police, air traffic control, the CDC) and even communism (communal ownership of national parks.) And we heavily regulate the capitalism we _do_ have to avoid excessive pollution, monopolies, human rights violations etc.

In essence we've taken the good parts of those systems and tried to avoid the bad, and succeeded for the large part. Which is a good thing overall. Not even the most ardent capitalist would like _true_ unfettered capitalism; not even the most ardent democrat would like popular rule on every issue.

[Channman 2]

> Is Communism the party for social responsibility?

With over 100 million killed under communism, it has a good track record for social responsibility.

I say we give it one more chance, however not here in the Good Old USA.

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>It does not seem to have worked anywhere.

Works here for national parks.

I think the reason the US has been so successful is that we haven't harped on any one ideology. We call ourselves a democracy, but we don't vote on everything - much of the government is run through a representative body. We have an executive which runs something like a monarchy, and a judicial system that's intended to be a meritocracy. We are primarily capitalistic, but have a significant amount of socialism (roads, police, air traffic control, the CDC) and even communism (communal ownership of national parks.) And we heavily regulate the capitalism we _do_ have to avoid excessive pollution, monopolies, human rights violations etc.

In essence we've taken the good parts of those systems and tried to avoid the bad, and succeeded for the large part. Which is a good thing overall. Not even the most ardent capitalist would like _true_ unfettered capitalism; not even the most ardent democrat would like popular rule on every issue.

I didn't interpret the question as "can socialist left wing ideas have their place in a predominately capitalist society" which would be an obvious yes. My interpretation was "Can a communist government be effective for running our country" which is an obvious no.

When I said it did not work anywhere I did not mean that such ideas never worked as a means of running a small subset, so much as no country has effectively managed under a communist regime.

Richards

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