| VGPolyglot said: Personally, I have switched from being extremely anti-communist to a self-proclaimed communist, but now I don't know what I am. I used to be extremely against communism was due to all of the past and present "communist" countries. I believe that freedom of speech is essential to all human beings, and so the heavy censorship was (and still is) a huge problem for me. I was also against their use of the death penalty, as I believe that execution doesn't justify any crime (capital punishment is one thing that I really wish the U.S. didn't have, but that's off topic). I also hated how there was a lot of poverty while the higher ups lived luxurious lives. However, there are things that I like about communism. The fact that they managed to dramastically increase literacy rates, increase gender equality, as well as provide free health care and education. I also like the idea of a classless society (which was only partially accomplished). I believe that the more equal society is, the better. The reason why I am unsure now is that I really don't know what communism is anymore. There are so many variants (Marxism, Leninism, Luxemburgism, Trotskyism, Stalinism, Maoism, etc.) that I can't tell what is really communism and what isn't. All I know is that I promote a governemt with freedom of speech and as much equality as possible. I also support direct democracy (the people vote directly on laws) and a world with no countries, just a unified world. |
Liberalism took centuries before achieving a mature form. And our world is still not liberal in many aspects nor is the theory/form ceasing to evolve.
Communism/socialism (economical equality/ equality of opportunities) are too young for this world.
The main issue is practical as with a one button vote the world would immediately become community st or at least socialist.
Without that magical button we are basically facing one of the toughest transitions imaginable.
In any case, the ideas should have a long lasting impact on liberalism, and who knows ? Maybe become a full fledged system someday.
For the time being I am happy with how the universal progressive values are being pushed within liberalism.
