Karen Kreilick Whitlock, you are the one with the degree in economics and political science. The question about the differences in communism, socialism, and forms of fascism keep coming up in the university. Is this answer close enough for government work? Pure communism means that everything belongs to the community, or the government, everybody works for the community and everybody gets what they need from the community no matter what they contribute. The only difference in socialism is the pretense about ownership. The people are fooled into believing they still own something but the government has complete control over it anyway, meaning disposition of property and earnings. They tax on a progressive scale so that the total anybody can make is limited and they pay out to everybody else in cash and benefits so that the playing field is leveled, nobody makes below a preset minimum no matter how much or how little they contribute; just like communism. In both systems the elite are privileged and either are allowed loopholes for their wealth or have access and control of the community wealth. I have a very hard time distinguishing between the two when in both cases the government owns the people and the property but unless it is pure communism the people are told they are free and they own something. The thin line between the two and Fascism or Nazism is the tools that are used to control the masses and the fact that in fascism the government picks and chooses companies and individuals to be the winners and losers like Goldman Sacks and Lehman Brothers. The degree of socialism in a fascist society is not the determining factor, just a tool. Technically we are fascist, the Democrats want us to be communist and do not care if we are the pure thing or if we are and just think we own something and have any freedom. Does that make what you have seen since Democrats took control of the senate in 2004 make any more sense?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:51:43 +0000
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