How is communism supposed to work?

Answer 1

It is generally a one-party system, although sometimes there are multiple parties, but with one dominant party which the other parties almost invariably support (i.e. the old East Germany).

Political leaders rise up through the bureaucracy; elections offer little or no real choice. Internally the party operates on the principle of democratic centralism, which means that public expressions of dissent from the party line are not allowed.

The economy in a communist state is dominated by state-owned and state-run enterprises, although there is also generally some degree of social or co-operative ownership and of small-scale private ownership.

Contrary to popular belief, communism does not completely operate as a "evil, all-powerful government". A communist government operates well under poverty-stricken countries, providing equal rations of food and property to all. Essentially "take from the rich; give to the poor", a communist nation equalizes the class of all the citizens. Communism was popular during post-World War II times as most of the Asian countries involved struggled to rebuild. Famous examples included China, which became the People's Republic of China.

China was struck by widespread poverty after the invasion by Japan in World War II. Operating under a communist government, it was able to reassure its population, and provide food, water, and shelter to every citizen.

However, in countries such as the United States, communism would not operate well, as most citizens are well above poverty. The United States economy and stature as the world's superpower prevents it from needing a communist government like other nations, and allows it to continue its democratic and free enterprise policies.

The United States despises communist nations (and vice-versa), as both do not understand the governments that best suit the other.

Answer 2

This will not explain the history or origins or theology of Communism; I will just explain here how it works as a system of government.

The key points of Communism are: There are no copyright laws, there is no private property, the government owns the economy, and no one can have an economic monopoly. In a nutshell, it doesn't sound like a workable idea, but the mentality behind Communism is to keep the corporations from having too much political control. To expound on a couple of these concepts:

*The reason there are no copyright laws is to keep all media available to the general public. Creators can still patent their works to keep other people from using them without permission, though.

*This is how the concept of having no private property works: You can "own" property as in have the right to inhabit it, build on it, and basically put whatever you want there. However, if you want to put something on undeveloped land, it doesn't matter who owns it: The government just has to OK whatever you're doing. There are limitations as to what you can do on land that is owned, but the government gets the deciding say.

*As previously mentioned, Communist governments maintain absolute control of the economy for the sake of preventing corporations from having too much (and in some cases, any) political power. And if you look at the political climate of this country lately, that almost sounds like a workable alternative.

*This last one is Communism's claim to fame: No sole individual, entrepreneur, or corporation can have a bigger piece of the economic pie than anyone else. The reasoning behind this dates back to the Bolshevist era in Russia, when the mentality was basically, "To keep everybody equal, we're going to have to let some people move up. And to make that happen, we're going to have to force some people to move down." The basic principle: Keep the political fate of this country in the hands of the government, and out of the hands of the corporations. This is why Communism is not a popular idea in America: Some people don't think the government should have that much power. On the other side of the issue, some people think the corporations shouldn't be able to have ANY power. Do you want the government controlling you, or do you want a corporation to own you? That's the big issue.

Communism just like its cousins Socialism and Progressivism is based upon the application of philosophia based dialectics and metaphysics. Marx & Engels used dialectics and metaphysics as the basis for their idealistic implementation system which they coined Communism. Communism is a theocracy as it requires the masses to align with philosophia doctrine, accepting dialectics and metaphysics as the means for justifying the end result.

Within communism the State is controlled by the Sage of philosophia (those who are proclaimed to be the wisest among the philosophia, ideal condition). Its idealistically presumed that the Sage are those who have reached a state of idealism, as to not be influenced by greed and other negative human traits (this ideal never plays out in actual application). The State owns and controls all means of production, Assets, and Communication (very much akin to the system of Aristocracy). People are part of the commune and their existence is for the good of the commune as a whole, there is no individualism (again akin to peasants within an Aristocracy).

Although sold to the public as an idealistic system, Communism historically winds up resulting in an tyrannical Dictatorship, as those appointed to power never want to release the power they posses. With no incentive or self motivation, the people of the commune, usually wind up in abject poverty. Communism is a theocracy (based upon philosophia doctrine, specifically Stoick) other doctrines are either prohibited or extremely scrutinized by the government.

Although communism appeals to many people in its ideal form, in practice it historically becomes dictatorial and tyrannical. Governments are historically not effective at running businesses, and Communist governments are no different, therefore the assets of the government (the commune) are never able to provide for the needs of the people, without turning to some form of capitalism in order to generate revenue and or barter commodities such as food. Russia and China are examples of two communist nations who adopted capitalism as a means of generating revenue in order to survive.

Answer 3

Compared to a capitalist system, where people effectively "compete" for everything and pay to work ratios are usually ridiculous (for example, a manager could get twice the pay a factory worker for doing half the work), a communism builds on the idea of community, everyone does a job and is paid the same, put simply.

A communist system would mean dramatic changes in places like the UK and the USA, where pay inequality is very high as the CEO of a company would, in theory, get exactly the same as a rubbish collector, and as you can guess, the bin man may like the idea, but the CEO would not and CEO's tend to have more political power than labourers.

Answer 4

There can be no such thing. Communism means a society based on the common ownership by all the world’s people of the resources of the planet. There will be no need for government or rulers.