Communisum. A form of government that basically eliminates private property, and everything becomes available and shared with the public. It's a theory that leans towards a society that would be classless. No one is above any one else because everyone has to be on the same page.
Take out everything that has happened in the world, and complete equality sounds great, doesn't it? Well that's what a classless society would technically be, everyone would be even. Great theory, but I would be amazed if it every truly worked. Due to the nature of human beings it isn't possible. We're naturally greedy, and want to get ahead of others. In a classless society no one would be able to say they were better than their neighbor, or that they had more than somebody else. It just woludn't work. Humans naturally want to go above and beyond what they have, or what their neighbor has. It kind of defeats the entire concept of complete equality in society.
Now, taking into account what has happened in the world hear this. Communism does not work in practice. If society were to be a classless thing there could never be a leader over all. That would put the leader above all other people, thus eliminating the entire meaning of communism technically making it a dictatorship. With one person ruling over every else you have a dictator. This is not communism, though it's still considered communism for one reason or another.
If it did work in practice the entire idea of a government would be eliminated. There would be no need for one because everyone would be on an equal playing field, and share everything with everyone else. Unliked facists, communists don't believe in fighting to get ahead. So, would the world be peaceful if it was a truly communistic place? Well, if the ideas were used correctly it would be. However, it's impossible to do so. As long as there is good and evil, as long as there is some form of life alive there will never be such thing as complete peace. So a communistic 'government' wouldn't work. It wouldn't really be able to exist in the first place.
So, if you ask me the countries labeled as communistic are in the sense of how it is being practiced, but aren't because it's not a true form of communism. Awfully confusing, but basically as it is today communism has been labeled differently than what Karl Marx envisioned in the Communist Manifesto. No, I have no read this. As it is, I hate communism. I think it's a horrbile idea that is more awfully practiced.
In your opinion, can it be a reality, or is it impossible?
Today's communism is not communism. It's a small group of the elite ruling in tyranny over the poor - and the poor are the "classless society." Communism is not Marxisim - it is taking the core belief of the Marxists (saying that the proletariat overthrowing the bourgeoise is inevitable and the revolution will take place on its own) and stuffing it down the people's throats by ignoring the "inevitable" part of Marxist ideology.
And no, I don't believe Marxism is a reality. It's a wonderful thing to think about, but it won't happen.
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Communism theoretically would work in pure form if man never tried to advance himself or tried to take shortcuts. The communism we see in China, North Korea, and other nations is not communism. It is a oligarchy painted red. They say they are but they aren’t. Communism in those countries also tends to not work to well because of the ruling elite of those nation taking advantage of the workers and everyone else for that matter. Marxism will never work because of mans nature. ( Honestly Marxism crushes all forms of individuality in reality, it isn’t appealing except for those who want a collectivist paradise)
I have read Noam Chomsky and I am just using what has happened in the past as example. They didnt teach me communism in school I learned in college. I do not agree with communism because historically it doesnt work. Mr. Chomsky isnt very reliable becauese when you downplay those killed by those regimes, I believe you lose a bit of crediablity. If any communism were to work it would be Trotskys model but only if ideal conditions were met, which is unlikely. Bakunin by the way was more anarchistic in my opinion.