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Because if it only works on paper then it doesn't work at all. The mistake is in referring to communism as a theory when every test given this theory fails. A failed theory is a bad theory. Bad theories seek to blame reality in order to survive. Communism is not the problem it is the reality of the current situation that is to blame. If only everybody in reality would change and be more like the non reality of communism then communism could finally work. But, blame is irrelevant and if communism can't offer a system that conforms to reality instead of asking reality to stop being reality. Systems like capitalism embrace the reality of greed where communism aks that everyone stop being so greedy. But, reality being what it is, only the workers get to reject greed while those that "take care" of the workers keep on clinging to greed. Systems like capitalism understand the principles of supply and demand where systems like communism ignore demand and control the supply. Systems like capitalism understand that costs are directly related to prices yet systems like communism seek to control prices regardless of costs. Communism hopes to create a gargantuan state in order to suppress everyone in order to protect them from themselves so they can finally be free and then mysteriously claim that once that "freedom" is finally obtained this gargantuan state will just disappear into a "stateless society." The real question is not why communism fails in practical politics, the question is what practical person could possibly believe such mindless fantasy as communism could ever work?
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∙ 14y ago
paulbenn
What existed in the USSR was not Communism (a classless stateless society based on production for use) but state capitalism. It failed because it was inefficient and unable to compete with Western versions of capitalism.
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∙ 12y agoTheir economy mainly consisted of farming.
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∙ 13y agoOnly they can say, but the view in the "West" was that they allowed political dogma to override realistic economic policies.
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What was the reason for the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia?
Poverty.
What was The reason the US fought the Korean War?
to stop the spread of communism
What was a bigger threat to Britain in the 1930's fascism or communism?
Communism. This is one reason Britain appeased Germany in the 1930s. Britain would have preferred fascism over communism.
Does the collapse of the Soviet Union prove that communism doesn't work?
No, the collapse of the USSR does not actually prove that communism doesn't work, any more than the failure of Joe's Fish and Chips proves that restaurants don't work. The failure of the Soviet Union and its satellite states is just one example in which a paranoid version of communism didn't work. It may well be that it is possible to do it better. Although I offer no guarantees.
The reason for us involvement in the Korean War?
The United States wanted to contain communism and stop its spread. They were afraid that the Soviets were trying to 'export' communism all over the globe.
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communism was not contained in Vietnam
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What was the reason for the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia?
Poverty.
What was The reason the US fought the Korean War?
to stop the spread of communism
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This illustrated the failure of communism against capitolism.
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