Originally posted by Barker
It really is. 😬 Sure, It may possibly sound good on Paper, but when it gets down to it..
I'm sorry, on paper? PAPER?
Evidently you don't mind on the idea of being the same as everyone else?
Am I the only person on these boards who can honestly say I detest the ideals of communism?
And btw what exactly is the point/purpose of this thread?
Originally posted by rickyduck
So, I think this would fit in the history forum? Or the general discussion, but communism caused many rebellions in Russia and other countries (the red wedge etc) And it was all linked to dictatorship, although dictatorship is still around today (In North Korea and everything), but etc. Post what you think about Dictatorships and communism etc
Post what you think? Thats what Blogien did!
Originally posted by Fatal Smoke
That's why, in the beginning of the history forum, you only posted saying the forum sucks. spamming each thread in here..you're being a little *****.
Yes, each thread has been spammed by me. People can barely read the threads because of the amount of damage I have done. Oh the humanity.
Originally posted by rickyduck
So, I think this would fit in the history forum? Or the general discussion, but communism caused many rebellions in Russia and other countries (the red wedge etc) And it was all linked to dictatorship, although dictatorship is still around today (In North Korea and everything), but etc. Post what you think about Dictatorships and communism etc
Dictatorship and Communism cannot co-exist. Its a bit of an oxymoron.
This suggest greatly that Russia was never actually Communist, but a Dictatorship.
Dictatorships can certainly work - a lot of countries today use democracy as asmoke screen, but are actually engaged into Dictatorships...
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (First Secretary in 1953-1966) was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924. The full name of the office was General (or First) Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The position was originally an administrative one when it was created in 1922 with Stalin being the first to hold the title. However, the access to and authority over the party bureaucracy which accrued to the position allowed Joseph Stalin to increase his power during Lenin's illness and particularly after his death. Once Stalin came to dominate the Politburo, the position of General Secretary became synonymous with that of party leader and de facto ruler of the USSR. From 1934 on, Stalin increasingly preferred to sign documents as just "Secretary of the Central Committee" and there are no official references to the post between the XIXth Party Congress in October 1952 and Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, but there was never any doubt that he remained in charge.
That seems to me like he's as good a dictator as it gets.
Stalin's rule was characterized by a strong cult of personality, an extreme concentration of power, and little concern for the lives of people.
A key role in Stalin's success was in the power that his position as Secretary General gave him of being able to place people he trusted in key positions.
Apparently, someone who worked on his Wiki profile tends to agree.
This process was accompanied by repressive measures and terror, which reached their height in the political purges of the 1930s. Stalin made his dictatorship absolute by liquidating all opposition within the party. The purge was touched off by the murder (1934) of S. M. Kirov, Stalin's lieutenant, which led to prosecutions for an alleged plot—vast, Trotsky-inspired, and aided by Nazi Germany—to overthrow Stalin's government. In the purge trials many old Bolsheviks, including Kamenev, Zinoviev, Aleksey Rykov, and Bukharin, were accused, pleaded guilty, and were executed.
Same with Reference.com.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness✅
Dictatorship and Communism cannot co-exist. Its a bit of an oxymoron.
This suggest greatly that Russia was never actually Communist, but a Dictatorship.Dictatorships can certainly work - a lot of countries today use democracy as asmoke screen, but are actually engaged into Dictatorships...
Too true.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Dictatorship and Communism cannot co-exist. Its a bit of an oxymoron.
This suggest greatly that Russia was never actually Communist, but a Dictatorship.Dictatorships can certainly work - a lot of countries today use democracy as asmoke screen, but are actually engaged into Dictatorships...
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Is that your answer?''You are wrong...just because''
Wow, great one.
No they are not!
There was no country in the world which practiced communism. Why? Because Communism works in theory but not in practice.
Having a dictator means having a hierarchy of some kind which directly contradicts with what was supposed to be happening in Communist country, accodring to Marx theory, no?
All these countries were at large Dictatorships, or even socialist countries, but certainly not communist.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
No they are not!There was no country in the world which practiced communism. Why? Because Communism works in theory but not in practice.
Having a dictator means having a hierarchy of some kind which directly contradicts with what was supposed to be happening in Communist country, accodring to Marx theory, no?
All these countries were at large Dictatorships, or even socialist countries, but certainly not communist.
You're right, Karl Marx (or whoever) believed that one day every country would be a communist country, but not one country has succesfully been communist: The alleged four stages of communism - only up to stage 2! But dictatorships are very alike to communist partys etc