Se7en
Rock n' Roll Doggie
as melon pointed out, marx can be thanked for reforms made within capitalism. he and his radical band of extremists (/sarcasm) can also be thanked in large part for the development of democracy in western europe.
remaining strictly within the marxist paradigm, it is easy to see why every notable modern attempt at communist has failed. the point is that the advanced capitalist nations would fold in on themselves once their markets had been depleted. basically revolution had to begin within the industrialized nations of the world. where have we seen minority vanguard parties attempt to lead "revolutions?" russia, cuba, vietnam, north korea, etc. not exactly developed nations at the time of thier so-called revolutions. so right out of the gate a marxist would see these experiments as bound for failure...and they all failed miserably. also to marx, revolution was supposed to come from underneath, a mass movement of the workers, not the doing of vanguard parties forcing everyone to go along with them. i am rambling.
what individual rights do you think are overruled that are necessary to humanity?
voluntary communism? not for the ruling class, but for the majority - it's possible.
remaining strictly within the marxist paradigm, it is easy to see why every notable modern attempt at communist has failed. the point is that the advanced capitalist nations would fold in on themselves once their markets had been depleted. basically revolution had to begin within the industrialized nations of the world. where have we seen minority vanguard parties attempt to lead "revolutions?" russia, cuba, vietnam, north korea, etc. not exactly developed nations at the time of thier so-called revolutions. so right out of the gate a marxist would see these experiments as bound for failure...and they all failed miserably. also to marx, revolution was supposed to come from underneath, a mass movement of the workers, not the doing of vanguard parties forcing everyone to go along with them. i am rambling.
what individual rights do you think are overruled that are necessary to humanity?
voluntary communism? not for the ruling class, but for the majority - it's possible.