advocates of communism are always screaming that the practical failures of communism are not a result of communism’s inherent nature, they are a result of human failure or greed. as if all the real-life, historical tragedies perpetrated under collectivist flags were somehow “caused” by anything other than the system in which they emerged. it is time to stand up once and for all and denounce communism for what it is: a system which robs humanity of pride, self worth, dignity, freedom, progress and life itself. communism is not great “in theory”; it completely fails to take into account HUMAN NATURE and MAN’S MEANS OF SURVIVAL – his MIND. communism fails in practice because it fails in theory.
man is not some idle animal to sit and receive handouts, underserved wealth or live as an “equal” mediocrity with no purpose or self-direction. he is not a sacrificial animal whose life exists for anyone elses sake, be it his neighbors, or society itself. no one “owns” man but himself. he is a self-made animal, in the sense that he has an ego, a willpower and must, by his very nature, sustain his own life through a process of rational thought, with reality itself as the only judge of the right or wrongness of his actions. it is man’s thought which moves the world, which allows our species to prosper and survive in a harsh environment.
whose thought, you ask? simple: yours. there is no conflict inherent in the fact that each of us has different needs, and must produce them for ourselves. and there is no reason to embrace a system which nullifies man’s mind just because each man has different thoughts, desires and abilities. man must THINK, he must LEARN, he must GROW and make himself through his own hard work. NOTHING in nature is free, not even life itself. every breath needs to be sustained by mighty acts of will and intelligence.
communism is a theory that all men are equally worthless. communism asserts that “because we are all horrible, greedy, weak, evil beings”, then none should have power over the other. but then communism asserts that of course there must be a leader, a director who controls society for the “best” results; its answer is that “the people” are the leader, as a disembodied, leaderless pack of sniveling pitiful animals, each begging his neighbor for that which he has neither the ability nor the desire to earn on his own: “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”; never has a more blasphemous, harmful and life-destroying creed ever been uttered.
communism is not perfect in theory; it is an abysmal failure. it ignores completely human nature and seeks to rewrite history and turn man into a sacrificial animal, a worthless, selfless brute, grovelling for his share of the bread rations, demanding his need be met by the man who earns, who produces, who creates, who LIVES…
as to your post Wonderer, i will respond to your points, probably throughout the night tonight. i appreciate your attempt to address my arguments directly, and i will be happy to return the favor. there is much for me to say, and i am glad that you at least seem to be taking these things with an open mind. i will give you the benefit of the doubt that you simply have not thought these things through before; that is ok, in fact i was there myself years ago. beginning college without any real knowledge of how think, or what was real, or what i believed, or who or what moved the world, i was soon indoctrinated to buy into all the leftist anti-capitalist propoganda. i never bought it completely, but as my mind was an unfocused haze, i never thought it through either, accepting what everyone around me seemed so sure of on faith alone.
the process of reeducating onesself is not easy; it takes years, a lot of honesty and hard work, and the ability to hold a standard of TRUTH above ALL ELSE, including ones feelings, past investments and the opinions of those whom you care about. but only an objective rigorous standard of truth will produce wisdom that comes from a consistent and non-contradictory set of beliefs. ones principles must be understood and verified down to the root, down to the very core essence of knowledge. then these beliefs must be constantly tested and verified in light of personal experience.
reeducating yourself to the truth is not easy, i will admit. there is a great deal of soul searching and self-doubt as you progressively reject more and more of the falsehoods and artificial reality of our socoety and “academia”; but it is well worth it. eventually you come to an impass; the person you were before is no longer the person you have become. this moment, the culmination of countless efforts of honest intellectual introspection and thought, is perhaps the happiest and greatest in a person’s life. i know for myself, this occurred about 1 and a half years ago. the simple joy of finally comprehending real truth, seeing the world as it is without illusion or fantasy, and understanding human nature and purpose in a full and complete sense is not something that can be explained. it is an experience that can only be lived, or not understood at all.
so i look forward to replying to your post. thank you again for the thorough and specific responses.
