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.
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.
