Why do people still blame communism?

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Why is it that most people who still believe in Marxism are either dropouts or hold some kind of bachelor's degree in something useless? Why are rarely people with master's degrees in economics, in engineering or in law radical socialists?

Never said a flat screen television, gaming console and fashionable clothes was a human right did I? Not everyone in the u.s has a place to sleep for the night and more than enough food.....I see people that don't all the time.

Perhaps you never go outside or there isn't a problem with homelessness around wherever you live.

Also would that mean people with disabilities preventing them from work should only have a place to sleep for the night and food because they can't work harder to 'deserve' more then the very basic minimums,

I suppose they should get rid of medicaid because that's more than food and a place to sleep for the night. That sort of thinking simply would not work if implemented into government policy.

Also maybe the labratorium at the university for countless hours is more straining mentally, but the physical toll that comes with hard labor like spending countless hours preparing houses for painting them, climbing ladders, painting, touching up and carrying heavy equipment is probably a bit more than someone who spends most of their time in a labratorium has to deal with. I personally don't think one is necessarily harder or easier just that both should be paid decent wages.

That's another terribly ignorant/uneducated thing to say, you're not the engineering graduate you used as an example are you?

Also I am not so sure anyone should be a billionaire, its probably too much for a human to handle without being corrupted by greed and having it go to their head. Also I am sure they can pay their way out of legal trouble to, so they don't have to deal with the pesky consequences less wealthy people do.

And are you the authority on which degrees are useful and which aren't? I can see you are a strong supporter of having different classes of people........I'm not which is why I am sure we will never agree.

Everyone has this idea that they deserve more money than their inferiors. A Doctor believes he deserves more money than a janitor and now we have millionaire preachers who feel that they are entitled to more money.

They pretty much have themselves to blame for their homelessness.

Clearly you have not been educated on the causes of homelessness, or the connection between serious mental illnesses/or physical disabilities and homelessness. Because in the real world there are many factors that can lead to homelessness that might be things out of that persons control. Sure one could decide not to do anything anymore and then eventually people would get sick of it and they would be homeless rightly so....but I am pretty sure that is not the story behind most homeless people.



Homeless people here spend their welfare checks on drugs.

That's all, all of them spend it on? they don't get food or other things they need? Hmm homeless people around here tend to vary quite a bit more than that.



They have the basic minimums in the US. Anyone with an intellectual disability automatically qualifies for disability. Most people who won't bother to finish high school have an IQ of more than 70, though.

Well then it wasn't that they weren't smart enough for the material, I guess. Also I am well aware they have the basic minimums, and many have more than that which is a good thing since ones life shouldn't have to suck just because they have a disability. Also there are other mental conditions that qualify one for disability than mental retardation.




That's a false analogy. Cancer patients die without treatment; people who chose to not finish high school don't die if they don't eat turkey for thanksgiving or don't drive a car with leather seats and a digital radio.

I was talking about people with disabilities on welfare, not people who didn't finish high school in general though I am sure some who didn't finish highschool fit that catagory. being a drop out doesn't qualify you for medicaid being disabled or over 65 does.

I don't see where I implied that highschool drop outs need medicaid?



People who paint houses have a place to sleep and have food on the table. Add free healthcare to this and they have everything the public is responsible for giving them.

Umm it is a job, people who paint houses are paid a salary and that is the money they have, since when was house/building painting a publicly funded service. Its not the public that puts their food on the table or gives them a place to sleep.......thats the money they make or if its not enough then they can't nessisarily afford all those things. There are also periods of being out of work in that job in which case you can easily end up broke, and unable to afford those things.



I'm working on a degree as we speak. I also have two jobs on the side, but not because I want the government to steal my money and give it to someone who dropped out of high school to party and play video games.

You mean you don't think you should have to pay taxes, but should still benefit from public services you might need such as a fire truck if your house catches fire? Because there is a chance in a roundabout way some of your tax money would end up in the pocket of someone on welfare. What makes you so sure the specific money you pay in taxes would go to that specific individual you describe, maybe it would go to someone on welfare because they have cancer and PTSD for instance.




Lawyers aren't magical fairies. You can't buy yourself out of trouble just like that. Corrupt judges that will take the bribe are real, but they're the exception and not the rule.

The market as well as common sense is the authority on that. Does someone with a bachelor's degree in social studies or philosophy generate as much value to society as someone with a degree in engineering?

Different classes are not necessarily a bad thing. Hard work should be rewarded. Imagine you studied really hard for an exam and got an A—but the guy next to you didn't care to study and got an E. Would it be fair to split your A in half so that the both of you got a C instead of the grades you actually deserved?

Didn't suggest they where magical faries in fact I don't recall mentioning lawyers, and you've confirmed one can buy their way out of trouble......if there really are corrupt judges that will take a bribe then obviously I wasn't too far off the truth.

How else would they pay themselves out of trouble? Like I said, those judges are the exception and not the rule.

It certainly is true that US society has turned on itself in the wake of the collapse of Soviet communism. I see this as the tendency of this society to need an enemy to unite against. In the absence of an external enemy, societal elements turn against each other, or build upon previously-existing divisions. Somewhat the same thing as what you're saying about the class war, since class is one of those internal divisions.

I'm curious why you think communism is responsible for improvements since WWII, since many major elements of the progressive state were already in place before WWII, like Social Security, a 40 hour work week, better workplace safety, a progressive income tax, the vote for women, and antitrust legislation.

The reason why selfish people hold on to power is that most people care what others think about them. For example if more people started to think like me the religious leaders would immediately denounce them as a communist or even worse as an atheist or satanist. Since a normal person cannot even comprehend the idea of being denounced as a heretic normal people find it more comfortable to believe that God blesses people that are filthy rich and that the only solution to poverty is to become filthy rich yourself by exploiting other people.

One of the dilemmas in forming a workable political/social/economic system is to recognize that the selfish, opportunistic, ruthless, rapacious, etc, will always gravitate towards positions that promise them power over others. Given that, how do you structure the system so they can accumulate and enjoy the perks of wealth and status while permitting them to do the least harm to everyone else? A capitalist, constitutionally-limited government seems to be a good way to accomplish this goal: capitalism permits the individual to accumulate wealth and enjoy its advantages; while the status–minded and power-hungry can participate in the political system; and constitutional limits prevent both groups, either singly or combined, from wielding unlimited power over everyone else.

It's not perfect, no human creation is, but it can be workable.

We are not one way or the other, we are shaped by the society we live in.

We owe our good fortunes in the West to Communism and we can see much of what we won be stripped away now that it is no longer seen as a threat. We must praise Communism here in the West.

We owe our good fortunes in the West to Communism and we can see much of what we won be stripped away now that it is no longer seen as a threat. We must praise Communism here in the West.