Communal concils wrote:The Xenopolis Confederation wrote:1. I thought that was the whole point of Communism.
2. Wait, so do you wanna be populist or do you wanna be elitist? Not to mention that what you're suggesting sounds completely undemocratic and dictatorial.
3. No, you're thinking of ends justify the means, and demonstrating why it's such an awful philosophy. If the party gained power over the graves of nearly everyone in the nation, it would not be worth it to any sane person, no matter how dedicated to "the party" they were.
4. Hey, if sectarianism separates better Socialists from you, I'm all for it.
5. I thought worker control over the economy was the desire of Socialism. At any rate, completely disagree.
6. What do drugs and prostitution have to do with consumer culture? Capitalism didn't invent vices, and vices shouldn't be banned.
7. What kind of secularism?
All in all, you don't sound much like an average Socialist, you sound like a right-wing libertarian's boogeyman of a Socialist, that is, just plain authoritarian.
1.I didn't claim to be a Communist. I agree with some variants on the way socialism should be created, but I reject the concept of "Dialectical Materialism".
2.A Group is only elitist if it thinks that it's superior to the rest of the population. I however propose that the Party wouldn't see it's self as superior, but rather guides it's people. I don't see Democracy as a good system. It limits law making it petty infighting, and it makes reform harder.
3.It can never gain the power without people. You assume the "sanity" people. Humanity is a social species, and the majority of people go for the popular or most major views. Democracy is only "popular" when it's thrown into the minds of citizens, this is the chase for all beliefs. This is why Christianity has 2 Billion followers, and why many popular revolutions spawn many more.
4.Most of the socialist you think of can't even appeal to the majority of a nation. Sectarianism is necessary to prevent minor concepts from hindering policies.
5.I do support Worker Control. Cooperatives are fine with me. However, state control is suppose to be for mass production, Employment and Industrialization. I think workers should have rights and a good amount of pay.
6.These things do have a lot to do with consumer culture. People consume and buy without thinking of the consequences. Society urges citizens to harm their own health.
7.I believe that people should practice their religion. Rituals and ceremonies won't be discourage. It's Freedom of Religion that I support.
1. Fair enough.
2. If the executive branch does not allow the public any representation, the executive branch believes itself to be superior. It's democracy or elitism, you can have both, but you can't have neither.
3. From your "ends justify the means" speech, it sounds like, if you needed to kill a whole lot of people to get your party into power, you'd do it.
4. I don't understand. What do you mean by "minor concepts hindering policy." Tell you what though, you'd be way worse at appealing to the majority of a nation than most Socialists.
5. I think mass production and industry is far more efficient and free when it's run by non-state entities.
6. You're not gonna end impulsive and recklessness by ending capitalism. If someone grew and then S L O N K E D a little bit of gang weed, or if someone offered to have sex with another person for money, it's not your place to barge in and stop them.
7. Fair enough.