Danny Tanner said:shinkukage09 said:"Marxism is an Obama-Nation" I didn't know we were communist now. I didn't know that Marxism was actually bad. Communism as it is right now is bad, but Marxism at least had some good points to it...
I found a lot of your post questionable, but I just wanted to know what some of the good points of Marxism were. And how it isn't Communism.
If it's any consolation though, I agree America has more or less turned to shit over the past decades.
I can't be arsed to go through the thread to find out if someone answered you but I'll give you a couple of good points of Marxism. And Marxism is Communism. What isn't Communism is Stalinism, Maoism and Jungism. Even Cuba isn't really Communist. There hasn't been a truely Communist country yet.
Some good points of Marxism :
Banks are state owned, not private. In otherwords your bank works for you and is there to help you, not earn massive amounts of money from you.
All workers are entitled to a share of the profits of the company they work for. The amount they're entitled to to depends on effort put in and productivity. So a factory worker could earn just as much as his boss depending on how hard he worked. Always remember, a manager would have no job if there were no workers - but there'd still be jobs if there were no managers.
Health care is socialised. I don't understand this huge fuss you Americans have about socialised health care. What kind of person wouldn't give money towards making sure that all their fellow citizens got adequate medical care, unless they're greedy and self centered. I always see Americans going on about how patriotic they are, caring for your fellow citizen is part of patriotism.
Communism is a hall of alot more democratic than Capitalism. Every citizen gets a vote in how things are run, from your community and your work right up to government level. The government wants to set a policy? They need the country's permission first.
Under Communism the government is there to do the will of the people, not to tell the people their will. The party in power is strictly for administration. They're not doing their job? Then the people say "Bollocks to you, you're out" and vote someone else in.
Under Communism the government controls national public services. Stuff like public transport, electricity, water etc. The services are run for minimal profit and delivered to the public as cheaply as possible. No more paying a fortune for necessities so that some guy can take his mistress to the Bahamas.
Everyone is entitled to equal rights, from the factory worker to the party leader.
Education is top priority under Communism. What's the point in having an uneducated and illiterate country? The better educated they are the more chance there is of them leading a productive life.
Under Communism free speech is far more important than the sham that's presented to us now.
Under Communism social ideals are more important than the acquisition of wealth.
Communism stresses guiding people on the right path for themselves based on what they're good at it.
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The actual Communist manifesto is tiny, no bigger than most political manifestos. To truly understand it you need to learn about Marx and Engels, and what they taught and believed in. Communism isn't the monster it's made out to be, and on the whole is a much more democratic and has more humanitarian goals than Capitalism.
edit : Fixed the wording in one sentence. Noticed it read wrong when Hidoshi quoted it!