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By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:26:00 +0000

Marx’s theory of communism is interpreted as being founded on a conception of the good society in which individual freedom is the supreme good. Communism is intended as a process of freedom expansion. By focusing on widely defined consumption choices, the extent of an individual’s freedom is identified in the opportunity set delimited by his budget and time constraints. Social goods, i.e. those provided without rivalry and without exclusion, are allocated on the basis of the criterion “to each according to his needs” and, if they are financed by progressive taxation, also on the basis of the criterion “from each according to his abilities”. Thus a process of growth of social goods supply turns out to be a process of construction of communism and, since social goods remove some budget constraints to choice options, a process of expansion of individual freedom. Social goods are mostly provided by the state to allow people to fully enjoy constitutional liberties and social rights, but their provision is strongly affected by the evolution of class struggle. In fact the privileged classes tend to oppose a process that raises their tax burden, whilst the unprivileged ones tend to favor a development that extends their freedom. Since the majority of citizens in all capitalist systems have an income which is lower than the mean, communism tends to grow with the strength of the democratic movements’ action.

By: Jacobs

Jacobs — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:23:00 +0000

Sputnik, you came back from orbit? You naughty elf.
By the way,

Freedom thus far, has been an illusion if one accepts that

no one is free while another is enslaved. Millions of people around the world, and domestically, are held captive to slave labor, arbitrary imprisonment, torture and inhuman living conditions due to the function of oppression

By: Sputnik

Sputnik — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:21:00 +0000

You talk about freedom-cost of communism, Freedom is not just an ideal. The FUNCTION OF FREEDOM IS TO FREE SOMEONE ELSE. Thus, with our social activism we can free those who are physically bound and simultaneously free oppression from global phenomena.

By: Qaiser Kamran

Qaiser Kamran — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:59:00 +0000

A political activist named Dave was just arriving in Hell and was told he had a choice to make. He could go to Capitalist Hell or to Communist Hell.

Naturally, Dave wanted to compare the two, so he wandered over to Capitalist Hell. There outside the door was Rockefeller, looking bored. “What’s it like in there?”, asked Dave. “Well,” he replied, “in Capitalist Hell, they flay you alive, boil you in oil, chain you to a rock and let a vulture tear your liver out, and cut you up into small pieces with sharp knives.”

“That’s terrible!!”, gasped Dave. “I’m going to check out Communist Hell!” He went over to Communist Hell, where he discovered a huge line of people waiting to get in. The line circled around the lobby seven times before receding off into the horizon. Dave pushed his way through to the head of the line, where he found Karl Marx busily signing people in. Dave asked Karl what Communist Hell was like.

“In Communist Hell,” said Marx impatiently, “they flay you alive, boil you in oil, chain you to a rock and let vultures tear out your liver, and cut you up into small pieces with sharp knives.”

“But … but that’s the same as Capitalist Hell!”, protested Dave.

“True,” sighed Marx, “but sometimes we don’t have oil, sometimes we don’t have knives … “

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:57:00 +0000

The shortest joke of all: communism

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:56:00 +0000

To Sid Ahmed: The mutual neutralisation that prevailed under Cold War conditions has now disappeared.

By: Saba Ali

Saba Ali — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:55:00 +0000

capitalists present their case with great fervour and see their approach as fundamental to economic development. The “anti-business” resistance from “anti-capitalists” is seen as exceptionally problematic. For some corporate interests it justifies the use of “dirty tricks”, possibly resulting in the death of labour leaders, whistleblowers, or demonstrators. Whilst dialogue by business to make the case for capitalism is conducted with moral fervour enhanced by public relations, there is no guidance from capitalists as how to make a reasoned critical case against the capitalist perspective, notably as formulated in the pro-globalization discourse. Any such critical discourse is viewed as highly suspect if not subversive. Interestingly however, “criticism tolerance” is viewed as a highly important characteristic impacting on interpersonal effectiveness and leadership — successful startup entrepreneurs seem to have a higher criticism tolerance.

as with capitalists, communists present their case with great fervour. Any “anti-communist” perspective is viewed as highly suspect. But no guidelines are offered by communists on how to engage in appropriate critical dialogue regarding the inadequacies of communism. Unlike capitalism, of particular interest is the emphasis on “critical” discourse within communism of whatever flavour — even “self-criticism” (eg Soviet, Chinese, Cuban, Albanian). But the degree or scope of criticism is severely circumscribed. It is important to avoid “crossing a line” into inappropriate dialogue.