Obama: “Make sure your child can speak Spanish”

[Xatrei]

China, Cuba, N. Korea, Vietnam to name a couple that are still in existence. You mgiht have heard of the USSR?

Those are, or in the case of the U.S.S.R. were, communist countries. While communism is an extension of socialist philosophy, communism and socialism are not interchangeable terms. Try again, dolt.

[Midnyte_Ragebringer]

China, Cuba, N. Korea, Vietnam to name a couple that are still in existence. You mgiht have heard of the USSR?

Those are, or in the case of the U.S.S.R., communist countries. While communism is an extension of socialist philosophy, communism and socialism are not interchangeable terms. Try again, dolt.

They often do go hand in hand.

I love this breakdown on it.

The quick 'n' easy way to remember the difference between Socialism and Communism is: Socialism is "from each according to their ability, to each according to their DEEDS," whereas Communism is "from each according to their ability to each according to their NEEDS."

Socialism is the stage between Capitalism and Communism. It builds upon the previous system (Capitalism) by nationalizing the "means of production" (i.e. corporations, resources, banks, etc.), but not by making everyone equal. In other words, people will be paid wages based on several factors (social need, difficulty, amount of schooling required, etc.), so not everyone will make the same wage -- as is often a misinterpretation of Socialism.

Communism is the point where the state "withers away." This will be quite a few years in the future. If I had to guess, I'd say at least 10 generations of established Socialism has to occur before people evolve enough to realize that hurting others or the system ends up hurting themselves.

As Communists we advocate Socialism because it is the next necessary step to get to Communism. That is, it's not that we've given up on building a house, we just realize there is a need for a sturdy foundation first.

Communists believe in human evolution. We evolve in accordance to the system we live within. Capitalism has allowed us to evolve out of our feudalistic ways (for the most part), and slavery does not exist in our country anymore (for the most part). But Capitalism, which is driven by the need to always increase profits, creates a "dog eat dog" mentality. This is not a sustainable system, either for humankind or for the environment.
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This guy is pro-communist fo shizzle.

[miir]

Fine, you win.
Obama wants to turn the US into a communist state.

[Spang]

Let us not forget he's also a racist Muslim, and I'm sure he molests kids on the weekends, or at least partakes in some form of bestiality. I'm almost certain he's also gay.

[Sylvus]

I'm glad you finally came around, Miir. It's all right there in the original quote.

[Truant]

wow this thread is retarded.

[*~*stragi*~*]

it was fine until you fagged it up

[Siji]

There's a lot of one handed clapping going on in this thread.