posted by Nylorac on November 3rd, 2008 at 2:04PM
My point is that not all view it as "state coercion". Many see it as a shared pool to strengthen community, and similar such nonsense.
>>The reason why everyone isn't outraged yet is due to extremely powerful social brainwashing, not to mention bribery.
Not true. Again, there may possibly exist a genuine, educated bunch that just simply like how the government and general administration of our country works.
Stealing is wrong. For those who do not consider themselves victims:
-if after being educated, then you can't do anything
-if not, then you have to let them first learn all perspectives before deciding that yours is "true"
>>The reason why everyone isn't outraged yet is due to extremely powerful social brainwashing, not to mention bribery.
Not true. Again, there may possibly exist a genuine, educated bunch that just simply like how the government and general administration of our country works.
Stealing is wrong. For those who do not consider themselves victims:
-if after being educated, then you can't do anything
-if not, then you have to let them first learn all perspectives before deciding that yours is "true"
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posted by dennisn on November 3rd, 2008 at 2:16PM
No. If you ask any reasonable one of those alleged "educated" communists, he would agree that stealing is wrong among individuals, but ok for the state to do. (People say the same thing about violence as well.) It is obvious hypocrisy. Whether the state brainwashed him (as I posit), or he actually came to this conclusion on his own, is irrelevant.
A slightly more palatable argument would be that it is a necessary evil--like police. Now, I absolutely disagree with this, but at least there is an acknowledgement that it is indeed evil. But this is never expressed. Communists actually believe that it is /good/ to steal and coerce people, for the benefit of the community. |
