eh..... I looked at it. I mean I've heard it before. I think we should tear apart the social system and build a new one. There were Indian tribes who had been practicing a sort of "Communism" since before Europeans came to the Americas. How can we say Communism is doomed to fail because humans but we don't say Capitalism is doomed to fail because humans?I wrote an interpretation if you want a detailed answer. I'll place the link below. Ignore the title it talks about all three. Socialism, communism and capitalism.
http://www.sallybook.com/interpretations/vol3/SocialismCommunismtheIrony.htm
No. Because:
I don't get the weird alliances this world makes. I don't think get the strange alliance between Christianity and the status quo. The US government is of the devil. I don't care what Paul said. If Paul said "grass is blue", I'm not going to go along with him when I can plainly see that grass is green.Because the idea of capital creates greed and competition and the idea of communism creates a joint effort to survive as a whole. But just like my interpretation states, we need a faithful leader to lead the charge.
The problems with communism are always the fat cats on top. The workers don't want to go to school to become doctors only to make the same wage as an electrician while the fat cats on top live like kings. It creates a breach in trust.
The leader has to be a servant to all for communism to work. Jesus already proved he was.
No sinful man can lead a communist government. The evil trickles down and everyone ends up getting discouraged.
A society based on greed doesn't sound remotely Christian. If Jesus came and started a new government, I think there would be a massive redistribution of wealth and resources. I don't think he would have been cool with a bunch of people being homeless while others people have billions. It's as though the US military has infinite money and I'm a crazy utopian because I think we could fix a lot of problems if we just spent a fraction of that money helping people. We have all this power and technology yet we're told we must accept the established system because this is the best it can be? I simply don't believe that. I do think one day the present social order will fall and a new one will be established.Because the idea of capital creates greed and competition and the idea of communism creates a joint effort to survive as a whole.
How is that different from a Capitalist fat cat?Type in communism and fat cats. The term "Fat Cats" we're used to describe guys like Fidel Castro who lived off the backs of people who worked yet couldn't afford to eat meat while he and his friends lived like kings in palaces.
So rather than actually addressing the extremely valid points made in the video, you simply call them propaganda. That's the very definition of an ad hominem.
It's evil. It encourages greed and is extremely exploitative. Money matters more than life in a capitalist world. I doubt there would be so much sickness and war if they weren't so profitable.
Not only does a two-second look at Wikipedia confirm that you are removing the term "fat cat" very far from it's original, capitalistic (not communistic) context but what you're saying is not even true in terms of how the socialist leaders have lived.Type in communism and fat cats. The term "Fat Cats" we're used to describe guys like Fidel Castro who lived off the backs of people who worked yet couldn't afford to eat meat while he and his friends lived like kings in palaces.
Where did those rich people's money come from in the first place? I don't understand how it's greed to think it's crazy that people have billions and billions while other people have nowhere to sleep.
So rather than actually addressing the extremely valid points made in the video, you simply call them propaganda. That's the very definition of an ad hominem.
And you think Jesus is going to come and implement the same secular, Western liberal representative democracy that we know today? Is this current social order based on fundamental, eternal principles or is it merely what we know and what we're accustomed and adapted to? If we could go to another planet and meet an alien society, I'm sure they would have a totally different social system and think theirs is the perfect system. You really think Jesus' utopia would be the same format as our current system?You're just proving my point further. The fact these idealists were killed by evil men makes my interpretation stronger.
Communism will never happen until Jesus comes to reign.
These idealists you mention were probably killed because people wanted their power for the wrong reasons.
I can't think of a single economic/ political system that - without checks and balances - doesn't result in the elite and the underclass.I don't get the weird alliances this world makes. I don't think get the strange alliance between Christianity and the status quo. The US government is of the devil. I don't care what Paul said. If Paul said "grass is blue", I'm not going to go along with him when I can plainly see that grass is green.
What is it about what you said that only applies to Communism? When I say Communism, I mean it has been implemented successfully and it is possible to implement a form of it successfully. There are indigenous people who implemented it and it's been done.... I think I've read that even in pre-colonial Africa there were forms of what we might today call socialism or communism. But anyways, all the stuff you said seems to apply to Capitalism. You sounded to me like you were describing Capitalism with your fat cats. I guess there'd be fat cats either way but in that case how is that an indictment of Communism rather than neither or both?
The problems with capitalism are always the fat cats on top. The workers don't want to go to school to become doctors only to make the same wage as an electrician while the fat cats on top live like kings. It creates a breach in trust.
The leader has to be a servant to all for capitalism to work. Jesus already proved he was.
No sinful man can lead a capitalist government. The evil trickles down and everyone ends up getting discouraged.