They have literally no argument. Logically communism just works. When you lay the facts out, however, antis will get riled up and threaten you while babbling about historical strawmen. To hear an anti tell it, communism leads to immediate mass death, like it's a plague rather than the most logical way to organize a society. Does anybody know why they get like this? Is it just the result of a low-IQ or is something more sinister going on?
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Anonymous2016-11-27 2:02
Antis are allergic to facts, and only susceptible to hysteria and hyperbole. The fact-based solution of communism is rejected due to its, perhaps naive, reliance on logic rather than blind emotion.
People think again that society gives what we need, and we are under obligations to it on that account, owe it everything. They are still at the point of wanting to serve a "supreme giver of all good." That society is no ego at all, which could give, bestow, or grant, but an instrument or means, from which we may derive benefit; that we have no social duties, but solely interests for the pursuance of which society must serve us; that we owe society no sacrifice, but, if we sacrifice anything, sacrifice it to ourselves - of this the Socialists do not think, because they - as liberals - are imprisoned in religious principle, and zealously aspire after - a sacred society, such as the State was hitherto.
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Anonymous2016-11-27 14:51
Logically communism just works.
Your dreams and fantasies are not "logical".
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Anonymous2016-11-27 16:35
Communism is a utopian vision. Yeah, it all sounds good in theory, everyone equal blah blah (and I'll leave the philosophical implications of "equality as golden standard" out of this); however, it ignores the fact that people NEED hierarchy. Without hierarchy there is no order in society, and since nobody is "above" the average worker, you end up with people doing whatever the fuck they want to.
"But wait! Society will emphasize the value of work! People will rejoice in a sense of community and responsibility! Love thy neighbour!"
Again, utopian. This only works in very small, independent communes, since the average person can only really care about and conceptualize the needs of ~150 others. On a national/global scale, the system falls apart. People are quite essentially selfish, and that fact needs to be accounted for in government. For all its horrible faults, capitalism is a strong system precisely because it takes advantage of this selfishness and uses it to encourage economic growth -- you are rewarded for your contribution.
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Anonymous2016-11-27 20:36
>>7 In fact, Communism always involves a hierarchy, because it needs to fight counter-revolutioners and other reactionaries (and since Revolution is supposed to be world-wide, that's over 90% of world population), and fighting requires strict hierarchy.
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Anonymous2016-11-28 0:16
Hierarchies will no longer be necessary once the reactionaries are eliminated.
Antisemitism is pretty old It's so old, I would argue it predates semitism by a good couple of millenia, making it in fact the first abrahamic religion. See, people would've known it was a bad idea all along, which is why the semites are so good at arguing to the contrary
The poll gauged anti-Semitism based on whether respondents agreed with a majority of 11 statements on Jewish power, loyalty, money and behavior that the ADL says suggest bias. They include such statements as Jews talk too much about what happened to them during the Holocaust; Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the countries they live in; Jews think they are better than other people; Jews have too much power in the business world; and Jews have too much control over global affairs.
“As so many things are conducted through under-the-table, backroom deals, most naturally assume that the whole world is run in this manner,” he wrote.
Critics have suggested that the survey is deeply flawed because the statements are not fair indicators of real anti-Jewish bias, ( or could in fact be truthful statements?)