Comments by "sandgrownun66" (@sandgrownun66) on "USHANKA SHOW"
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@yamiart6149 Firstly, that referendum was boycotted by nearly half of the Republics.
Secondly, there was no compulsion on the Republics to maintain the Soviets as the main political system. In fact, it was the Communist party, which opposed the implementation of the proposals in the Referendum.
Thirdly, the result was moot, as soon after many of the republics voted for complete independence. They didn't want to be part of a Russian-controlled Empire anymore. The time for Empire is gone.
The final consequence, was that the Soviet system was dead.
Funny how Communism also perished in the newly independent states.
Also, in the other ex-Warsaw Pact countries. Their people were sick and tired of being dominated by the jackboot of the USSR, and couldn't get away fast enough.
"most people still miss it and a large deal would like it back. That's the Russians, not the rest of the USSR. They don' want to be back as a colony of Russia anymore. In case you missed it. There's an struggle against Russian hegemony taking place in Ukraine, as we speak. Thanks, to Pootin, the Russians are heading back to a command economy anyway. The shortages are returning, just like they were in good old Soviet days. Maybe, there are some things you shouldn't wish for, as you might actually get stuck with them.
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@yamiart6149 100 million is a reasonable figure. Mao contributed most of that figure, even beating Stalin, which takes some doing. China had a huge population of poor people, so that simplified the task.
The only other comparable body count is religion, which has probably caused more, and still does today.
Modern Communists still use the convoluted, out-dated stock phrases, that you use. In fact, reading Communist propaganda is required bedtime reading, as it's guaranteed to get you off to sleep in short order.
I read the programme of the the Communist Party of Great Britain, not to be confused the British Communist Party. Yes, the Communist can't even be united as one party. They also ditched the word manifesto. As I read, I counted off the obsolete terms referenced. Such as Class Struggle, the Proletariat, the Petit Bourgeoisie. I agree with some of their polices, but not most of them. Marx was writing in the middle of the Victorian Era, when conditions were poor for the working class, and they were being exploited by Capitalist owners, for their labour. Marx was an intellectual idealist, but not a realist. A workers paradise, where everyone is supposedly equal, seemed like the best expression of society possible. The problem is it provides no motivation to be entrepreneurial, and increase your standard of living. Why work hard, when you can get the same wage, doing nothing?
The problem with Communism, is that it doesn't work in the real world. It was tried behind the walls of the USSR and the Iron Curtain and was never successful in providing the same standard of living as in the West. Imagine having to wait ten years for an apartment or a car. It's ridiculous. Communism cannot deliver in a modern, technologically advanced world, where people rely on more and more devices.
If Britain was ever going to have a Communist revolution, it would have been around 1920. However, the UK has always chosen revolution, rather than revolution. So it never stood a chance, as much as the Communists hoped. Increased workers right were achieved through Trade Unions and industrial action, and these were successful in delivering, shorter working weeks, higher pay, paid holidays and other benefits, without bloodshed.
We don't live in the Victorian Age anymore. There are no longer huge factories, containing millions of workers involved in repetitive manual labour.
Marxist ideas as a whole, simply aren't relevant in the modern, high tech world we live in today.
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@yamiart6149 You can laugh away on top of the mountain of corpses, Communism is responsible for. I'll refrain, if that's OK with you.
"where do you think europe got its ''wealth'' from?" From the newly-built factories, full of newly invented machines, turning raw materials like wool, cotton, hemp, and iron into finished goods, into finished products. The added values from selling these goods, provided a wage for the people who had come from the countryside. People who had previously been peasants on the land. The factories offered them a regular income, unlike working on the land. Some of the profits were invested back into the business, and also improving the living conditions of workers. Take Port Sunlight or Saltaire, for example.
To cut this short, Communism failed, when it was tried, and even then, it was impossible to implement fully. It also left a long trail of human suffering, misery and death. It had to keep a vice-like grip on those living under it, restricting even the most basic of freedoms, and human rights. This was necessary, because if people wanted change. They would be denied it, and every step would be taken, no matter how inhuman to prevent it.
You might want to see Communism make a come back. However you'll be forgotten long before it ever did. And it'll be even more misguided and redundant then.
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@yamiart6149 You know what, dude. You're about as boring, as anything written by Marx. Maybe, even more boring. But I suppose reading his sh1t, doesn't help.
Theory and practise are two separate things. Communism was tried in the USSR, but collapsed after only seven decades. Even without being fully implemented, because it was not possible to do so.
Maybe it would have helped, if Marx, had actually been a member of the working class. Rather than being just an observer of them. If he had been one, then he might have understood their motivations.
Eight criticisms of Marx’s view of society are:
The class structure today is more complex.
Capitalism today is less exploitative
Control of the economic base does not mean control of the superstructure
False consciousness is a problem concept in postmodern society
There is less alienation today
Capitalism has lifted billions of people out of poverty
Communism didn’t work
Marxism was a metanarrative.
If you choose to continue, I'm just going to keep posting more reason why Marxism doesn't work. There is plenty of articles out there, by those who have studied this in great detail.
Stop living in a fantasy world, and make the best of the opportunities, freedoms and rights. That you're lucky enough to have available to you and other's around you, who don't think they way you do.
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@UshankaShow Lucky you. Just imagine if you'd had "real" Communism, and not just a pretend version. In "genuine" Communism, money is abolished because you don't need it, as everything the states thinks you need, is provided. Of course, you don't even own the shirt on your back. And there are crazy people, who still think that Communism is something to be aspired to. If they actually has to live under it, they might change their ideas. Marx thought he knew the nature of humans, where we are meant to love sharing everything, and have no desire to own anything, or become wealthy. How wrong he was!
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