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In reply to the discussion: Why Marxism is on the rise again [View all]Puregonzo1188
(1,948 posts)27. The USSR never claimed to be communist. They claimed to be socialist and a democracy.
Just like North Korea is the "Democratic Republic of Korea."
They're about as democratic as they were socialist. So if we're going to use them as an example of the dangers of socialism or communism, we need to point to them as dangerous democracies as well.
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Capitalism is the chief cause of socialism. Socialism is the chief cause of capitalism.
RadiationTherapy
Jul 2012
#4
here in the EU, we (the government health care providers) pay sooo much less for pharma drugs
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#13
While traveling abroad in '07 I wandered into a pharmacy and asked if a certain antibiotic was
Citizen Worker
Jul 2012
#53
they spend more on marketing than research, & most of the real research is funded by the government.
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#107
With a 'real' unemployment rate of some 15-18%, capitalism is failing to
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#86
where do they have it sitting, under the bed? i'd bet it's invested in something, just not in
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#96
i find that hard to believe. if $ isn't invested in *something* it loses value, and even more so
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#106
The USSR never claimed to be communist. They claimed to be socialist and a democracy.
Puregonzo1188
Jul 2012
#27
That's the point. I'm glad that people are educating themselves. Hopefully it is not too late
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#28
Back when it was the Anarchists and Bolshiveks, it was actually working towards Communism
Taverner
Jul 2012
#49
The major problem with the Soviet Union was its totalitarian political system and NOT
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#52
I will rave about how the USSR kicked Nazi Germany's ass along a 2,000-mile front while
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#88
Josef Stalin and Chairman Mao were Socialist much like Pastor Hagee is Christian.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#59
Unregulated Capitalism and inherited wealth will be the downfall of us all, if things do not change.
Ikonoklast
Jul 2012
#9
Appealing to emotion, not logic, like the Tea Party? Applying morality to economics, like
patrice
Jul 2012
#30
you make it sound like I'm being greedy just for wanting to run a business
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#112
an older wiser friend of mine said marx was not practicle when a strong middle class was around
dembotoz
Jul 2012
#22
The middle-class is more accurately described as the protector class, They are the serfs granted
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#31
Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#23
Most of what Marx said about Communism turned out to be false. Unfortunately..
ThoughtCriminal
Jul 2012
#35
Capitalism is a religion that only those incapable of logic and reason...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jul 2012
#47
I'm looking forward to a day when Marx is as uncontroversial as Galileo.
Starry Messenger
Jul 2012
#51
Marxism is making a comeback because liberal economics is failing to explain the world we see.
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#54
The single-party political system coupled with state-controlled capitalism appears to be winning.
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#60
so now China is Marxist when it suits your argument but not Marxist when people
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#80
I'm a capitalist who agrees that if left unregulated capitalism would fail
Green_Lantern
Jul 2012
#77
Very True. Add to that the Anarcho-Syndicalists, the Zapatistas and the Spanish Republic
Taverner
Jul 2012
#103
FDR and the Progressives of His Time, Knew That Marxism or Facism Was On The Rise
Yavin4
Jul 2012
#108