The left is running out of ammo when it comes to justifying, rationally, logically, the case for Communism. I have wrote dozens of articles trying to debunk Communism as simply as possible, yet none of it seems to get through to people. Maybe I wasn't very articulate in my article or I went off long tangents and my audience couldn't follow my points. In any case, I am going to give an even simpler explanation to why Communism is horrible, so that we can bury it once and for all. And this explanation will be so simple that even a 3 year old will understand it.
After all the hardships and atrocities of the past 3 centuries, and really the disdain for the rich people that has been happening for the past few centuries, Communism was really the worst possible solution for it, and actually it created exactly what people feared the most, an omnipotent State controlled by the Elite. This is exactly the opposite of what the Marxists fought against. This is the problem.
Is Equality Natural?
First off, let's see whether if equality is natural. It is not. Nature is not designed for equality, Nature is like a random number generator that poops out all sorts of creatures: tall & short, black & white, smart & dumb, good & evil, etc....
Equality is not natural, it never was, never will be. We are governed by the laws of physics, which means that matter tends to gravitate toward itself, which means that you have huge inequality in the Cosmos, just look at the galaxy, you have billion of miles of empty space and then you have a massive Star or a Planet. That is not very equally distributed isn't it?
Then how the hell can you expect "equality" on Earth, if the Cosmos is so weirdly arranged. Nature simply just does not care about equality.
Is Equality Possible?
So equality is not natural. Is it possible? Yes, it is possible to create equality despite it being unnatural. But only through force.
You have 2 logs of trees, one short one long, the only way to make them equal is to cut the long one to the size of the short one. Of course you can't do the opposite, the short one will never be long.
So the strive for equality always happens through the lowest common denominator:
- You can't make a poor person rich, but you can steal from the rich and give it to the poor, that is the basic tenet isn't it?
Force & Violence?
So if force is the only way you can create equality, or perhaps the illusion of equality, that means that some entity has to coerce people to be equal. But the entity coercing it, has to be above it, to have enough power to coerce 7 billion people to the same standards. And of course those controlling the coercion will be the new ruling class, with omnipotent power.
VOLUNTARY COMMUNISM
Ok so after the atrocities committed by the Bolsheviks, Maoists and other "red factions" in the 20th century, including the Holodomor, the TOTALITARIAN TYRANNY, the Gulags, the mass shortages and starvations, basically more then 200 million people dead and more suffering to this day.....
There is only one myth that Communism stands on: "Voluntary Communism"
Basically by 2017, I guess most leftists condemn the atrocities committed by the "red factions" mentioned above. Maybe except of these scumbags who are still making jokes about genocides.
However, they still believe that a true classless Communism can be obtained by voluntary means, basically a grassroots revolution, where people will somehow cooperate, everyone will give up their private property voluntarily and start sharing everything, and we will have a Communist utopia and peace on Earth.
This is the last leg that this myth stands on, they truly believe that we will voluntarily give up everything and start sharing everything, which never in the history of humanity or perhaps in the history of the Universe has ever happened.
It becomes more like a delusional religion at this point, but if they truly believe in it, then it's no problem, everyone is free to believe in whatever they want.
The problem is that it won't be voluntary. As explained above, equality and voluntary are the opposite of eachother.
Nobody will voluntarily give up their property, nobody, not a single human. So they will start coercing people to do it.
The current rhetoric is this "Social Democracy" concept, which is basically a precursor to Socialism. But guess what, it's a freakin Government with 80% tax rates. It's not voluntary.
- So if their method is Statist & Authoritarian, then guess what, all the atrocities that the Bolsheviks have done will happen again, because it requires extreme amount of violence to coerce people to an unnatural way of life.
- If their method is voluntary, then it will never happen because people will never settle for an unnatural way of life.
So at this point the only question remains whether they are genuine about the "voluntary" part? Are they?
Well not if they are pushing for a Social Democracy that has 80% tax rates as more of Europe does. This will end up very very badly.
But even if there are voluntary leftist factions, how are they going to convince others to join if their promises are so unnatural? And what if they get tired of playing the peaceful game and start playing violently?
This is exactly what we are seeing in the USA where the "Anti-Fascists" are behaving exactly like the Fascists. Not a single hint towards peace and freedom.
Conclusion
So it looks to me like peace and freedom was never and will never be a goal of the left. Freedom means freedom to be left alone. If you are coercing others to pay for or participate in your shitty programs, that is not freedom.
Freedom is sovereignty, where you keep everything you earn. Communism is the opposite of freedom, you are forced to share everything.
In Communism you are a slave to a ruling class far worst than any Capitalist can be, who has near omnipotent powers now with 2017's technology, and who will control you like a pawn on a chessboard. You will have no free will, you will become just a pawn at the mercy of your Politburo.
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