Can a communist state also be a non-totalitarian state?

Question

Can a communist state also be a non-totalitarian state?

Answer 1

Yes.  The state of Kerala, one of the states that make up India, the world's largest democracy, has elected (yes, elected) a communist government for a very long time.  There is nothing totalitarian about it.  Kerala has the highest literacy, the least poverty, the best healthcare, of all of India.

NB there are a lot of gross distortions and misunderstandings of communism on here.  The Soviet Union and Chinese versions are NOT what communism is in its essence.  Both countries were totalitarian before communism and remain(ed) so under communism.  That doesn't mean communism is necessarily totalitarian.

Answer 2

In the beginning it was supposed to be that way but then some people wanted to be a little more equal than others and soon there was a totalitarian ruler in place.

Answer 3

So far, so bad.  That's why China has slowly removed the suppressive political rule, and in the effort to save face, as well be a competitor that supplies products for the consumer market.  The most important variable that non-Asian nations have to consider, is that Europeans have little patience.  Asians, understand that change takes an incalculable amount of time, hence, they have more patience than members of this nation anyway.

Answer 4

No. Never. Not a chance. It takes compulsion by the state to make people act in ways that are contrary to their own best interests. All communist regimes have taken and maintained power by mass murder. What happens when a communist decides he wants two loaves of bread for his family instead of one? Or a person with an IQ of 150 working on an assembly line decides he'd rather design the product than put it together? Communism does not allow for the individual to make choices. It will respond with compulsion in one form or another.

Answer 5

I do not think so, It always encourage totalitarianisim for their existence.  They want such a society to keep leadersim .Even attaiing for what they fought,then they fight to eliminate their their gain socially to create another society to keep them busy to they are the reformers of poor. I n the process  they make poor always poor to become their followers.

Answer 6

No, the only way a communist state works is by having a centralized and all-encompassing bureaucracy to enforce economic limitations on people to ensure that everyone is allotted the same amount of food/money/work opportunities.  Communism necessitates totalitarianism.