During World War One, the Russian Revolution was brought about due to a major defeat by the Germans. Losing almost 2 million soldiers and civilians, they were forced to immobilize their troops and regroup within their country. A few years later, they were completely out of the war on the verge of revolution. Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky led a group known as the Bolsheviks that would later become politically victorious and establishing a government under a new policy; Communism.
Communism promised an overall equality over government, its citizens, the poor and wealthy. No one owns land except everyone is free to go where they please. Many people submit to this idea as it sounds amazing and promising. Then why is it illegal in the United States?
First, dictatorship is possible. Imagine losing the president to a powerful, wealthy, and popular man who seems to have good ideas. He gains complete control and abolishes the legislative and judicial branches. He makes laws that no one expected he would allow. Dictatorship is not always bad though, but it can become clouded in something potentially evil.
Next, the people do not have power. Sure, the middle and lower classes get what they want with being equal with everyone else. Is sacrificing many of your rights healthy for the population? Democracy sets up equality as well, but it also gives people power! A balance of powers is what communism promises to be, but it is not what it becomes.
Consecutively, the government would then be under almost complete control over all manufacturing, production, and distribution, including foreign ties. Would you want your government to assume control over your local Wal-Mart? Your goods would become pricier, depending on inflation, and you wouldn’t make the amount of profit from your sales you once did. Now, a large chunk of your sales would be directed toward government funds. That is definitely not what anyone wants from the leaders they are supposed to look up to.
Finally, communism brings the wealthy, moderate, and poor together. That is not as good as it sounds. To do this, they all must first share the same amount of pay. If the wealthy bring in $300,000 a year and the average middle class brings in $50,000, then their pays would be brought down to around $50-70,000 depending on the average pay of the poverty class. The wealthy lose a lot of money. Also, anyone that owns private land will be absolved of it. The government will then own ALL land. Private ownership of almost everything is completely obliterated.
To conclude, communism does seem like a good idea on the surface, but it can corrupt minds and form movements far from the advantageous promises it once made. Even though communism is viewed in the negative light, some forms of communism are beneficial to its host country. For instance, Cuba is communist, but it has the cheapest healthcare for its citizens, and almost every citizen is available to its healthcare! So, always employ skepticism when faced with the topic of communism.
communism is hopelessly naive…
the basic assumption is that people are basically good..
and WANT to share…
and WON’T want more than the next guy and are WILLING to work for it…
the first Benz you see…you start looking at that Lada in the garage differently…