08-20-2017, 04:52 PM
(08-20-2017, 03:57 PM)Dill Wrote: You start that comment with a pretty big "they." Would you say that if somewhere there were Communists who did not cart political opponents off to reeducation camps, they were not really Communists?
By historical precedent we'd have to go with an affirmative.
Quote:In what sense does what you are calling Communism run "contrary to human nature"? What is that "pie in the sky ideal"?
Humans want to be rewarded for their effort, the high functioning productive member getting the exact same as the person who does nothing invariably leads to discontent. I need look no further than my place of employment to see this. In government jobs all people with the same job title get paid exactly the same; the person who routinely gets outstanding performance reviews gets compensated exactly the same as the most minimal functioning competent rated employee. This breeds resentment like I cannot begin to tell you. A good supervisor, at any level, will endeavor to find ways outside of monetary compensation to reward high functioning employees. Mind you, no organisational structure exists to accomplish this, one must get creative, within the bounds of policy, to do so.
Communism, as a theory, demands that each give according to their ability and each receive according to their needs. What incentive is their for anyone to achieve more in such a system? It won't gain them anything, except possibly a pat on the back and a, "Good job comrade", from your superior. Communism breeds mediocrity like a petri dish breeds bacteria. If you disagree, please cite the scientific or cultural accomplishments of communist nations versus those that practice a more merit based system. The list is so overbalanced as to be comical.
