| non-gravity said:
Saw this in the old thread and was supprised seeing Marx, Lenin and Stalin so far apart. Though I suppose Lenin and Stalin first wanted to unite the world before (maybe if they felt like giving up their power) turning it into Marx's ideal? |
I think it depends on who you ask. My take has always been that having a system that is heavily redistributive, such as communism, has to be implemented by force. Therefore, those who have attempted a heavily redistributive society tend to be very authoritarian in both economic matters as well as social. Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, and just about any heavily socialist/communist leader also had a lot of social authority baggage to go with it. However, those with less control of state ownership, but with distribution have done a better job (Mandela, Ghandi, ect).
That is an interesting chart, though. Very interesting to see the founding fathers so far in the lower-right corner.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
