Most Pathetic Anti-Communist Arguments
It isn't communism itself that killed the people. Take this for example: assume that Genghis Khan ran a communist empire. Khan killed millions of people, but would you blame him or communism for the murders? Exactly, communism didn't make the decision to kill the people - the leader did. Nowhere does communism state that murdering people is part of the ideology.
Most of these numbers (possibly excluding people like Kim Jong-il and Mao Zedong) are often exaggerated by propaganda. What system hasn't caused the deaths of many?
What about the atrocities committed in the name of bourgeois democracy and capitalism (the British East India Company, Vietnam War, War on Terror, etc.)?
What about those committed in the name of fascism (the Holocaust)?
This is getting tedious. You keep repeating the same unoriginal arguments that right-wingers typically use. Since actually reading Marxist works - rather than relying on Fox News and "The Godless Communism" - seems beyond your mental capacity, I may as well stop trying to argue with you.
I'm not the greatest debater, but you can discuss Communism on the Soviet Empire website. It mostly has Marxists, but some Conservatives and Anarchists participate as well, unless you're afraid of having your arguments debunked... Also, don't forget to check out the Marxists Internet Archive when you actually want to know what you're arguing against. That is all. Have a good day.
If this is true, then why was Yugoslavia a successful country? Josip Tito made communism work in his country, and if other countries had followed his example, they would have been just as successful. Communism can work if you have the right leader, and no one was as effective as Tito.
Note: I know that Yugoslavia eventually broke apart due to war, but that had nothing to do with their communist government. The states hated each other enough to start a war to separate. Some of the hatred dates back to as far as the 11th century, long before communism existed.
Since when is having a religion (which are all organized) necessary to have good morals and ethics? Atheism upholds ethics and good morals too. Communism opposes organized religion ("Religion is the opium of the people" - Marx), but it doesn't advocate for evil actions just because one does not follow religious moral laws.
Not believing in God doesn't mean one cannot have spiritual values. The notion that belief in God equates to goodness, and disbelief equates to badness, is misleading. History shows that more wars and deaths have occurred in the name of religion, including terrorism, than in any other conflict. Religious wars and terrorism continue today. So, it's not accurate to claim that disbelief in God automatically makes someone bad.
Typical conservative argument. Actually, a communistic society (in accordance with Marxist theory) demands that everyone must work for society by doing what they do best. For example, if you thrive as a doctor, you're a doctor. And if being a janitor is what you do best, then you're a janitor.
Not true. And even if it was true, so what? Is it a must in life to work like crazy until you die without even enjoying the real things in life?
Lol, I live in a post-communist country (Czechia), and a large part (if not the majority) of people who lived during the communist period say the EXACT OPPOSITE - that communism is for WORK-LOVING people and anti-communism is for LAZY people.
Socialism is not communism. Marx's theories are not the same as Lenin's theories. They are related, but the saying of Lenin, "The end justifies the means," isn't a socialist idea that was written by Marx to reach the ideal state. The theory of Marx is more complex, but also more reasonable to reach the political program in practice.
While the USSR and other countries were/are ruled by communist parties, none of them even saw themselves as being communist. Instead, they saw themselves as being socialist, as the Marxist theory states that countries must first become socialist before they reach communism.
Please learn the difference between private property and personal property! The Marxist definition of private property refers to "the means of production" - any factory, land, etc., used to generate income. Personal property, on the other hand, includes things you own that don't generate income, like a bed.
If you have a garden for fun, that's personal property. If you sell the flowers and make a profit, that's private property. See the difference? Communism opposes private property, not personal property. You can keep "everything you have" as long as it doesn't generate income.
I've already mentioned a similar statement earlier, but one thing that has always made me cringe is when people say things like "Stalin killed 20 million of his own people." How do people come up with such large numbers, anyway?
Most of these deaths supposedly came from the "Holodomor" and the gulags, but the number that died in the supposed "genocide" was about 3.9 million Ukrainians, and the population grew anyway. The Great Purge really happened, but it is heavily exaggerated.
Objective studies proved that Stalin was directly responsible for the deaths of at most 10 million people over 25 years, whereas Hitler was directly responsible for the deaths of at least 12 million people over 12 years.
What is this doing here? Donald Trump is a greedy capitalist pig. Neoliberalism at its worst. And by liberalism, I mean the political term and not the pejorative sense of the word "liberal" from "free," which Democratic (American) politicians and followers call themselves.
No, he's a capitalist authoritarian, whatever he is.
People say this? How does that make any sense?
There is nothing wrong with race mixing. The problem arises with cultural and religious differences that often accompany it. Many so-called alt-left organizations that label themselves as socialists, Marxists, communists, or anarchists, like Antifa, defend immigrants and their rights to religious and cultural freedoms. These groups are not true leftists.
Communism does not allow foreigners to promote their culture and religion in a communist state, as communism opposes any organized religion or culture that contradicts its values. Defending the right of an Islamic immigrant to practice religion contradicts the communist stance, where religion has no place in its polity. Alt-left organizations like Antifa misrepresent Marxist, communist, anarchist, or socialist ideals. They should focus on fighting capitalism and right-wing political parties instead of prioritizing immigrant rights. Immigration and immigrant rights are distinct issues, which leftist groups often overlook.
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An allegation propagated, for example, by Holocaust denier Walter Sanning.
Originally spread by the White Army, later used by Nazi propaganda to justify persecution of Jews and the "Final Solution."
This is mostly an attempt to discuss communism in a semi-serious way. This is obviously false, as people were/are actually paid differently in communist countries. Also, a communist society would have no currency.