Paul Johnson wrote:
Curt Howland wrote:On Tuesday 06 March 2007 15:30, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> was heard to say:I wouldn't be so quick to assume Debian's working on communist theory successfully. I think the DPL would have something to say about nobody playing leader.Mr. Johnson, I'm beginning to wonder if you actually _read_ the postings you are replying to. No where, under any circumstances, would I call Debian "communistic".You insinuated it. I think you don't quite know what communism is, go read Karl Marx sometime, he's an authority on the topic.
The Communist Manifesto OK?
What I said was voluntary, cooperative, and therefore an-archic because no one can coerce anyone else to do anything. There are rules, yes, but no _rulers_.That's communism.
Er, no. Read the Communist Manifesto. It's all about things being imposed. It's about the family being abolished, because only the bourgeoisie have them, and all sorts of similar stuff. Absolutely nothing voluntary about it. It can only happen when revolutionaries 'take control' (on behalf of The People, of course). Now, it may be that there have been no real examples of 'proper' Communism, as the apologists always try to tell us. The USSR was bad because it wasn't 'proper' Communism. Which tells me that whatever 'proper' Communism is, even the revolutionaries aren't interested. Please don't confuse 'Communism' with 'communal living', nor 'socialism' with 'social behaviour'. The difference is in compulsion.