Have we been conditioned to believe Communism is evil?

Question

Have we been conditioned to believe Communism is evil?

Answer 1

To an extent. The reason however is not because a few people disagree with communism and want others to think like them. It is because, a majority of educated people realize the true dangers of communism. How appealing does communism look to the average Joe and Cindy??? VERY APPEALING. The problem: Communism seldom delivers on its promises.

What people need to realize is that every Communist government that has EVER existed has had an average life of about 40 years.

This is because Communism's #1 flaw is that its principle assumes all people desire to be equal and by good faith alone, will hold everything in a common ownership.

Humans by nature are selfish, and rightfully so. Example: In society, you have to have trash collectors, and you have to have doctors. Under a true Communist system, the Doctor cannot be paid more than the trash collector, and both are only entitled to and equal share of resources.

Now, is it fair that the Doctor had to spend 10 years in school; studying, toiling, worrying about grades, working hard to become profficient in a highly technically involved skill and must be on call on the weekends and holidays: but still is by law entitled to NO MORE than the man who did not attend school past 10th grade, who does not have to work holidays and weekends, who did not have to read and practice and be graded on being profficient at any skill?

What incentive then, would there be to put forth the effort to become a doctor, when you have the option to not even complete High School while recieving the same salary, benefits, etc?

The truth is, without reward or incentive the idealistic good faith or moral responsibility alone will never provide for achievement and success required to maintain any society.

This is why Communism DOES NOT AND NEVER WILL WORK.

Communism is not only dangerous because of its instability, but what makes it most lethal is its appeal to ignorant and/or disadvantaged people. Fueled by jealousy and hatred for success, Socialism and Communism work not to help better the lives of the poor and uneducated, but to force those in higher social strata to lower themselves to meet the standards held by the most pathetic citizens in a society.

The most destructive effect of communist government however, is that it relies on the ignorance of its citizens. This is why communist governments traditionally offer the worst education systems the world has seen, with curriculum that works not for the advantage of young, growing minds, but solely for the advancement of the state. Communism offers empty promises of fairness and freedom, but again, look at history... Communist (Socialist) Russia saw MASSIVE genocide by its leaders to eradicate the least desirable members of society. Every media outlet, education institution, and business was state-controlled and state-censored. The system destoryed itself because the government consumed so much of its resources in the act of controlling its citizens who were yearning change and departure from the system, that the citizens themselves could no longer sustain their own society. With the cold war raging teh government had two choices: Build more missiles or feed the people. Either way, the government failed the very citizens it promised to protect.

Answer 2

I think it is a two-fold thing. We have been taught the truths of Communism, and it has never been a good thing.

Every country that is Communist lacks one thing, "FREEDOM." No freedom of speech, expression, to do what you want, anything. Why do hundreds of people flee Cuba on rafts, risking their own life for a better one? Why do people from Korea and China hide in shipping containers for weeks, praying to make it to the US before dying of starvation? There are reasons Communism has failed.

We have been trained that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. All we are being "conditioned" to do is learn from our past mistakes, Communism being one of them.

Answer 3

I think first hand experience is always. Go live in a communist country and come back and tell us how wonderful it is, assuming you are allowed to travel

home school, home school, home school!

Answer 4

Yes, Communism was seen as a rival, and a threat to western democracies and capitalism for most of the twentieth century.

Communism definition is the idea of a free society with no division or alienation, where mankind is free from oppression and scarcity. A communist society would have no governments, countries, or class divisions. In Marxism-Leninism, Socialism is the intermediate system between capitalism and communism, when the government is in the process of changing the means of ownership from privatize, to collective ownership.

  

Answer 5

Communism is evil, it deprives people of their basic rights.

Answer 6

Obviously not as 1/2 of the country is supporting Obama

Answer 7

it isn't evil - well, unless you are a right winger

it's just a bad idea - it goes against human nature - too many peoplea are selfish/lazy for communism to work

Answer 8

the systematic death and imprisonment of 100 million people during the 20th century should be sufficient to convince anyone that Communism....is in fact...evil.

No conditioning required.  

(I weep for the ignorant masses in this country)

Answer 9

Quite the contrary. I think there is a warped movement to make Communism seem good. Tell me, if Communism is so great, why do people risk their lives to defect from Communist countries? If it's not evil, then why would people risk everything to leave it? Could it be because their lives were meaningless under Communism??

People who defend Communism really need to go back to school. It has a long and wide record of crimes against humanity, human rights violations, cruelty, murder, starvation, genocide, etc. Communism IS evil!!

Answer 10

Oh but it is. Show me a communist country where the people aren't oppressed. The only successful one is China but they lack many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the States.