tankasnowgod
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Really?What a load of bull**** you're spewing
Communist Manifesto (Chapter 2)
On the relation between Communists and the working class
www.marxists.org
That's exactly what Marx wrote.The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few.
In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.
Ridiculous. I'm quoting directly from the Communist Manifesto. The current system in THE UNITED STATES isn't a free market, and probably not exactly "capitalist." In fact, it features several of the planks that Marx himself suggested for a Communist state-Its called communism because the property of the society is owned by the community of the society. Youre projecting the capitalist state like we have in the united states which is the iron fist of capital onto the community system of governance that exist in socialism
Have you even read The Communist Manifesto? I have.Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c.
So what? That is irrelevant to the point I made.BTW the soviets had a billof rights almost identical of the one we have in the united states
Maybe you should take your own advice to "hit the books" and read The Communist Manifesto itself. It isn't long, only about 40 pages, and freely available. You really don't have an excuse not to, especially if it's a system you are interested in (either to promote it, or oppose it).Maybe you should hit the books and look up the difference between private property which leads to the concentration of a societies wealth into the hands of a few people and personal possessions
I absolutely understand the difference between public and private, and I got the definition of anarchy, private, and public straight from Black's Law Dictionary. As for communism, I quote directly from the Communist Manifesto. Hard to have better sources than those.