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to tell you the truth those are the only two subforums for political parties because those are the only ones that were suggested to me. Which other parties would you like to see posted

your concerns have been noted and I will work to correct such mistakes immediately

true but they also are in a way political thoughts. I mean capitalism is gov't says everybody for themselves (financially of course) where as communism is steal from the rich who earned thier money and give it to those who didn't earn it

actuallly dude I'm paying for college with my job. I work at a local library, i get 8 bucks an hour my parents aren't paying for my college or my car. I'm paying for both, the only thing thats provided for by my parents is food and shelter, if your friend had gotten a job during high school perhaps he could have gone to college.

He did get a job, but most of the money went to supporting his family (as in helping his parents and brothers and sisters survive). Plus, there were no good jobs that payed much.

Communists believe that, in order to be able to function in such an anarchist communal society you must first develop human society and the mentality of all people against greed and to work with one another, not against one another. We're like realistic anarchsits. Oh right, and if you're looking for a communist society that worked look at all of human society before monarchys and such kicked in- thousands of years of existence, or look at the Native Americans. I'm as much a socialist (if not more so) then a communist honestly, because I think communism isn't a valid subject for discussion until it's possible in the forseeable future (after a long running and stable world socialist society is established).

But the Native American tribes still operated under a ruling class, albeit one that was focused on the well-being of their followers. Even early human colonies in the prehistoric era operated in the "I'm the biggest, so I'm in charge." policy. Communism dictates that no man rules over another, and that all are equal.

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

Communism, while it's good on paper, just doesn't work. It's against human nature, and the human psyche. Marx himself wrote that, in the change of hands to a true communist state of anarchy, the government needed to take over and eventually turn control over to the people... however, with such power, there is not a single person on the planet who would willingly give that up after the time period required, so the whole system backslides and stagnates.

China is a long-running, fairly stable socialist society.... but they've managed to fall completely apart in the face of outside western opulence and influence. Marxism only works on paper, and will only work on paper until humaity manages to completely change it's nature... which, given the genetic background and base instincts of the animal, will never happen.