Originally posted by CornMaster
Wow...that was one of the most insightful things I've hear you say. 
And your right. Communism may not be the answer. But the current system isn't either.
Change is needed. Why don't the Capitalist propose a way to make everyone on near footing? Instead of attacking the Communist because you dislike government economic control, why don't you propose some aid plan or anything to help out?
If you genuinely feel for these people, THAT should we what your doing. Not arguing with me, but proposing Capitalist solutions!
Come on now people *que ralling cry* We can do this!
There have been plenty of others of insightful and horrifically candid remarks, but you may not have noticed them.
Such a change, and such a way is one that is complicated in the extreme. Personally, I've got no major hangup about government intervention in the economy (I'm right wing in
other ways
), so some sort of aid does not bother me. It would have to involve helping them learn to help themselves, and therefore better their lot in life, rather than a Robin Hood solution, which helps neither. And the only framework to execute this plan in is a "benevolent" global fascist dictatorship.
Or one of the frameworks.
For so long, I spent my life and time trying to find the big solutions to these big problems. I didn't make an earth shattering discoveries.
I found out that one man can do some good, even in small ways. And that all adds up to something.
It may not leap out off the pages of the history book, and the good that men do is oft forgotten, and their deeds of ill remain strong in the memory.
So, what can be done right now, at 0331 on an Adelaide morning, with Darkshade typing evilly away whilst listening to "Ridiculous Thoughts"?
Well, thoughts should be thought. Ones that may be ridiculous and improbable at the moment, but that are the end goal.
Then, we do more thinking. We reverse engineer them from the end goal to where we are now. We do it with a ruthless realism, untouched by ideology or personal desire and preference. Out of this should come some things that can be done at the moment.
Change from below is notoriously slow; to get something to work, you have to be in a position to influence the workings of society itself.
This does not mean overthrowing a government, or joining the Klan or the Communist Resistance, or even going into politics as a show pony, but rather getting to where society really operates; the backrooms, the boardrooms, the schoolrooms.
If you get access to the right minds in the right age bracket, you can influence the way society travels as a whole.
That is just one thought to start off with.
I'm not arguing with you, I'm simply trying to nudge your thinking in a different direction, just to help. If you keep things at the basic issues, no one can fault you, or your motives. The minute you go and mention "communism", the ingrained perceptions of people will kick in.
These go deep inside people, and with good reason. They turn them off the whole process, and make them view it in a different manner.
Whereas, if you do not label your self with an "ism", and all its associated baggage, then people will have to debate your ideas and suggestions on their merits. It may be that "communism" or some other "ism" runs really concurrent and similar to what you believe at the moment. But, life has its little ways of suprising you with how it changes you. I'm not saying you will change away, but as you progress onwards, your views will develop and change just as a matter of course.
"Isms" appeal to the young, and to everyone who is looking for SOMETHING, as they provide a meaning and a framework; they provide an IDENTITY. You can stand up and say "I am this. This is what I believe in". They provide simple, clear answers of the type we want to hear: "This is what is wrong with the world, and here is the solution. This is what you must do, and you will be rewarded"
They have all the answers.
Unfortunately, they don't have them all.
I don't have all the answers, or the solutions. Me, I'm just your typical atypical f*cked up human being trying to find their path and purpose in the mystery that is life. There are reasons why these problems haven't been solved yet, and we are not living happilly ever after. We dwell in a flawed, f*cked up world, but desire a better.
In the end, we do what we can in what little time we have.
