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Originally Posted by downquark1
How can you compare that to the idealogy of everyone being equal?
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because thats not all the ideoligy is about. If it had stopped at everyone being equal all would have been fine, many ideoligies have that basic premise, it's the forcible social engineering and the state apparatus that you need to effect that engineering that is the problem with communism. Millions of people are suddenly declared 'enemies of the state' because of their parentage, skills or upbringing. Instant discrimination....odd for a ideoligy that you say proclaims that all are equal. George Orwell finished that statement rather well...
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You could say the same thing about religious wars or indeed any war. War is not evil just the implementation.
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War
is evil but sometimes it is unfortunately nessesary.
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I'm sure when Marks developed the idea, secret police and cold war were not in his plan.
Communism is not the evil - it's human selfishness.
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Marx already new that vast swathes of society would have to be purged when he formulated his ideas. How else could he bring about such a radical change in a society without 're-educating' and controlling 'dissident elements'