Communism. Good or bad. What do you really know about Communism?

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by xyzde69

According to you. What is wrong with this Constitution?

Originally Posted by xyzde69

ARTICLE 1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a socialist state of workers and peasants.

Right there, very first thing, seems like they want one to remain a peasant and no hope for higher, way I see it it's almost psychological telling you you will be a peasant and not much higher

[haroldeye]

Keep them poor and stupid and they'll vote for you.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by haroldeye

Keep them poor and stupid and they'll vote for you.

Keep them even stupider and they won't need to vote

[cicciobuki]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Keep them even stupider and they won't need to vote

For sure, but as a leader it looks good if you can claim all the people love you and elected you.

Yes Kim Jong Un, pointing at you

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by cicciobuki

For sure, but as a leader it looks good if you can claim all the people love you and elected you.

And as long as you're in Military uniform with lots and lots and lots of shiny medals

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Keep them even stupider and they won't need to vote

I saw a book placed in publishers' overstock section and wish now that I had bought it. It was a selection of letters written to the Soviet Government in the 1930s by its citizens. It seems that our view of the Russian masses being a cowed and terrorized lot was mistaken. The dust jacket stated that the masses were not shy about calling their government to task for its failures. I'll have to see if I can find a copy. It should be an interesting read.

[Nobody1]

Originally Posted by cicciobuki

For sure, but as a leader it looks good if you can claim all the people love you and elected you.

Yes Kim Jong Un, pointing at you

Good that you mentioned that. I already thought you were talking about Trump and his corporate communism.

Originally Posted by Estreeter

And as long as you're in Military uniform with lots and lots and lots of shiny medals

There is no better bulletproof vest than that.

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Right there, very first thing, seems like they want one to remain a peasant and no hope for higher, way I see it it's almost psychological telling you you will be a peasant and not much higher

Sorry, but you made me curious. What exactly do you consider higher than an honest worker?

[otokonomidori]

Originally Posted by Nobody1

an honest worker?

Oxymoron ?

[Nobody1]

Originally Posted by otokonomidori

Oxymoron ?

No, my brother.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by Nobody1

Sorry, but you made me curious. What exactly do you consider higher than an honest worker?

Nobody is higher than anybody in social standing,
I worded that poorly, I meant by using the word peasant it seems, for me, to suggest that that is all one will ever be able to aim for higher wealth.

All workers should be regarded as honest no matter what they do, everything from toilet cleaner to brain surgeon But that first article just seems to me to indicate everybody is gonna be on the poor side no matter what one does.

A Government is supposed to be equal for all no matter what their wealth and so on, but that first article seems a put down using the word peasant ........ it should just be citizens , that word discriminates zero and is not a put down.