Mechanurgist wrote:NATIK wrote:I am a devout believer
Yup, 'cause you'd have to be a religious fanatic to still think that communism works, even in theory.
"I'd like to live in Theory. Everything seems to work there."
Read some von Mises, Hayek and Friedman, kid. Then read the Black Book of Communism. You're not even halfway to individualized adulthood yet.
If you took the rest of that sentence with it, you would read SOCIALISM. It is NOT the same as communism, it is a middle thing and IMO is the best solution there has been thought up yet. If you were to read my post in full instead of just focussing on the fact that I havent fallen for the stupid idea that communism is evil (only reason it is considered as such is the american government back in the 50ties being paranoid, its a fact).
Believing that socialism is the best does not mean I think communism is the optimal solution just that it isnt inherently evil, I dont care what books by paranoid morons you tell me to read, communist states does NOT have to be dictatorships, it is merely what has been the case so far.
Only thing I said was that it was a good idea, not that it worked, if you reread my posts I actually said that it wouldnt work, atleast not in our world as it is now.
Defending your views by citing books is a great way to show your "individualized adulthood" come back with fully thought out arguments that you havent plucked directly from books and I might consider it worth listening to.