Communism.
What actually is Communism?
You see in modern day society communism is thought of as quite a dead belief. It had it's hay-day in the Cold War and has seen been vanquished in triumphant splendor by the brave and courageous victors that are the Western powers.
Well forgive me for being blunt, but that's a lot of rubbish. Yes the West are responsible for the massacre of countless communists and yes our name was spoken frequently during the Cold War, BUT we are not dead, we are not defeated and we are not what you saw in the Cold War.
Communism is not what you see over in China, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba or any other nation you want to mention. Communism has never tried out, ask anyone who knows anything about political theory (and if they say Communism is in any of the above nations then they simply don't know what they're talking about).
So before I go any further, would you like to know why Communism is not practised in those nations? Sure you do or why else are you reading this?
Communism, as advised by Marx, is built on the back of Capitalism- this is arguable one the most fundamental aspects of Communist theory. Not ONE of those nations mentioned were built on a capitalist state, all infact were built on the back of semi-industrialised nations or those of predominantly agricultural based economy.
How many of you reading this knew that? Many of you wouldn't have, and that is because it is Communist ideology.
Another aspect of Communist ideology- revolution is NOT wished for. Another little shocker for people.
Communism in general quite widely promotes pacifism and non-violence.
So why is revolution linked to Communism so frequently? I'm so glad you asked.
We communist belong to a moral ideology, one of which we want to look after as many people as possible. To do this we want to get rid of the present system and redirect the government's attention from money to the people. Sadly though people who have money often have power. You've heard the saying "power corrupts" , well it's very true. Many people who go into government want power, those wants and desires are their own self-interests, self-interests being the very nature of capitalism. This is why we want to get rid of it.
Though as I said, sadly these types of people enjoy their power and do not want people like us taking it of them, as such one must refer to the use of force and this is our revolution.
As said, we belong to a moral belief and as such war goes wholly against our cause and yet it is considered the lesser of two evils; war or the neglect of the majority for the wants of the few.
In the modern day many communists actually alienate people and it is a terrible shame, and quite frankly I may well be doing it now without my knowledge. So I intend to clarify a few things here-
Proletariat- The working class, the majority of people that work. You're not rich and you're not quite poor. You don't have many treats but you do a few.
Bourgeois- The owners, those that own the mega companies or have high ranking jobs within them. They're very well off, and can afford many of their desires. These can range from the decently paid to those whose worth is in the billions.
Oppression- It is either neglect of people or the abuse of people by means of money. Many working people are kept in a place because they don't have the money to climb the "ladder of success".
How often are you told, if you want something and work hard enough then you'll get it? That is very often utter rubbish. People are kept in one place and not given the money to excel because if they had that money then they could threaten those in power. This is a cruel irony of the capitalist system, it says you can be what you want whilst keeping you trapped because others have got their first and don't want you to take their power off them.
I think that'll be all for now.
~Soav
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