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Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature
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Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

http://www.marxists.org/index.htm

That's a shitload of writing.

"I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor says "I'm terribly depressed". Doctor says "I know just what you should do. Poliacci the clown is in town, go see him, you'll be cheered right up." The man bursts into tears. "But Doctor, I am Poliacci." Funny joke. Roll on snare drum. Everyone laugh."

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Re: Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

Incredible amount of win.
I bow down to thee, sir.

Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.

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Re: Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

Incredible amount of fail.

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03-11-2009 07:20 AM
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Newtown Wrote:Incredible amount of fail.

Please stop trolling and learn what anarchy and communism really means.

"I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor says "I'm terribly depressed". Doctor says "I know just what you should do. Poliacci the clown is in town, go see him, you'll be cheered right up." The man bursts into tears. "But Doctor, I am Poliacci." Funny joke. Roll on snare drum. Everyone laugh."

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Swift McGee Wrote:
Newtown Wrote:Incredible amount of fail.

Please stop trolling and learn what anarchy and communism really means.
Trolling? Wut.

I do know what anarchy and communism are, not just logical fallacies.

PROTIP: Cuba is one of the most undemocratic countries in the world. So is China. So much for the People's Republic.

(+ don't give me "che saved" bullshit. He killed people he disagreed with and sentenced opponents without fair trials.)

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Re: Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

Newtown Wrote:
Swift McGee Wrote:
Newtown Wrote:Incredible amount of fail.

Please stop trolling and learn what anarchy and communism really means.
Trolling? Wut.

I do know what anarchy and communism are, not just logical fallacies.

PROTIP: Cuba is one of the most undemocratic countries in the world. So is China. So much for the People's Republic.

(+ don't give me "che saved" bullshit. He killed people he disagreed with and sentenced opponents without fair trials.)

Cuba is socialist, and China is market socialist, not Communist. You fail once moar.

"I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor says "I'm terribly depressed". Doctor says "I know just what you should do. Poliacci the clown is in town, go see him, you'll be cheered right up." The man bursts into tears. "But Doctor, I am Poliacci." Funny joke. Roll on snare drum. Everyone laugh."

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Swift McGee Wrote:Cuba is socialist, and China is market socialist, not Communist. You fail once moar.
Hmm?

Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba

Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Patria o Muerte (Spanish)
"Our Homeland or Death"a
Anthem: La Bayamesa ("The Bayamo Song")

Capital
(and largest city) Havana
23°8′N 82°23′W
Official languages Spanish
Ethnic groups 65.05% European (Spanish, French, other), 10.08% African (Yoruba, Igbo, other), 23.84% Mulatto & Mestizo[1]
Demonym Cuban
Government Socialist Republic (you are right-o on this one),
Single-party communist state
- President Raúl Castro
- Premier Raúl Castro

People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国
(Simplified Chinese) 中華人民共和國
(Traditional Chinese)
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó

Flag Emblem
Anthem: "March of the Volunteers"
(义勇军进行曲)

Capital Beijing
39°55′N 116°23′E
Largest city Shanghai
Official languages Standard Mandarin (spoken),[1]
Simplified Chinese (written);[1]
Recognised regional languages see Languages of China[a]
National language Standard Mandarin[2] (spoken)
Simplified Chinese (written)
Ethnic groups 91.9% Han, 1.30% Zhuang, 0.86% Manchu, 0.79% Uyghur, 0.79% Hui, 0.72% Miao, 0.65% Yi, 0.62% Tujia, 0.47% Mongols, 0.44% Tibetan people, 0.26% Buyei, 0.15% Korean, 1.05% other
(See:List of ethnic groups in China)
Demonym Chinese
Government Socialist state (right again),
Single party communist state
- President Hu Jintao
- Premier Wen Jiabao
- Chairman of NPCSC Wu Bangguo
- Chairman of CPPCC Jia Qinglin

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03-11-2009 10:30 AM
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Re: Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

Newtown Wrote:
Swift McGee Wrote:Cuba is socialist, and China is market socialist, not Communist. You fail once moar.
Hmm?

Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba

Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Patria o Muerte (Spanish)
"Our Homeland or Death"a
Anthem: La Bayamesa ("The Bayamo Song")

Capital
(and largest city) Havana
23°8′N 82°23′W
Official languages Spanish
Ethnic groups 65.05% European (Spanish, French, other), 10.08% African (Yoruba, Igbo, other), 23.84% Mulatto & Mestizo[1]
Demonym Cuban
Government Socialist Republic (you are right-o on this one),
Single-party communist state
- President Raúl Castro
- Premier Raúl Castro

People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国
(Simplified Chinese) 中華人民共和國
(Traditional Chinese)
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó

Flag Emblem
Anthem: "March of the Volunteers"
(义勇军进行曲)

Capital Beijing
39°55′N 116°23′E
Largest city Shanghai
Official languages Standard Mandarin (spoken),[1]
Simplified Chinese (written);[1]
Recognised regional languages see Languages of China[a]
National language Standard Mandarin[2] (spoken)
Simplified Chinese (written)
Ethnic groups 91.9% Han, 1.30% Zhuang, 0.86% Manchu, 0.79% Uyghur, 0.79% Hui, 0.72% Miao, 0.65% Yi, 0.62% Tujia, 0.47% Mongols, 0.44% Tibetan people, 0.26% Buyei, 0.15% Korean, 1.05% other
(See:List of ethnic groups in China)
Demonym Chinese
Government Socialist state (right again),
Single party communist state
- President Hu Jintao
- Premier Wen Jiabao
- Chairman of NPCSC Wu Bangguo
- Chairman of CPPCC Jia Qinglin

So China and Cuba have stateless societies?

Communism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general.[1][2][3] Karl Marx posited that communism would be the final stage in human society, which would be achieved through a proletarian revolution. "Pure communism" in the Marxian sense refers to a classless, stateless and oppression-free society where decisions on what to produce and what policies to pursue are made democratically, allowing every member of society to participate in the decision-making process in both the political and economic spheres of life.

As a political ideology, communism is usually considered to be a branch of socialism; a broad group of economic and political philosophies that draw on the various political and intellectual movements with origins in the work of theorists of the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution.[4] Communism attempts to offer an alternative to the problems with the capitalist market economy and the legacy of imperialism and nationalism. Marx states that the only way to solve these problems is for the working class (proletariat), who according to Marx are the main producers of wealth in society and are exploited by the Capitalist-class (bourgeoisie), to replace the bourgeoisie as the ruling class in order to establish a free society, without class or racial divisions.[2] The dominant forms of communism, such as Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism and Trotskyism are based on Marxism, but non-Marxist versions of communism (such as Christian communism and anarcho-communism) also exist.

Karl Marx never provided a detailed description as to how communism would function as an economic system, but it is understood that a communist economy would consist of common ownership of the means of production, culminating in the negation of the concept of private ownership. Unlike socialism, which is compatible with a market economy, a communist economy consists of local or communal democratic planning.

In modern usage, communism is often used to refer to Bolshevism or Marxism-Leninism.

"I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor says "I'm terribly depressed". Doctor says "I know just what you should do. Poliacci the clown is in town, go see him, you'll be cheered right up." The man bursts into tears. "But Doctor, I am Poliacci." Funny joke. Roll on snare drum. Everyone laugh."

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Re: Socialist/Communist/Anarchist Literature

"Single-party communist state" is an oxymoron. As soon as you bring a government into the mix it becomes socialism.

I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
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