I don't know what you consider to be "Locke's principles," but I can say with certainty that in his Second Treatise of Civil Government, Locke states that in his opinion governments are formed by people willingly giving up some of their power in order to form an organization that will protect their liberty and property. That automatically negates Communism or other such ideas, due to being violations of those principles.
As for the ideals of a democracy, they are, similarly, to protect personal liberties and rights. The free-market system does not violate that at all, because the whole point of a free-market is that things happen voluntarily. It is Communism that is incompatible with democracy, because under Communism, there are no rights that are respected or enforced, and instead people live under a tyranny.
As for the ideals of a democracy, they are, similarly, to protect personal liberties and rights. The free-market system does not violate that at all, because the whole point of a free-market is that things happen voluntarily. It is Communism that is incompatible with democracy, because under Communism, there are no rights that are respected or enforced, and instead people live under a tyranny.
Is communism the true economy of democracies?
- 10/10/2011 01:35:24 AM
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Sorry, not following this.....
- 10/10/2011 03:33:11 AM
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Um, a LOT of places have mixed "free" market and state rule.
- 10/10/2011 05:43:49 AM
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WTF? Canada, Western Europe, and Japan are democracies, not state-rule like China - 
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- 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM
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- 10/10/2011 05:53:17 PM
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They are not similar.
- 10/10/2011 04:01:59 AM
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That's why Lenin came up with the soviets, though that was pretty naïve, too.
- 10/10/2011 05:54:37 AM
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Lenin died in 1924. The Civil War was over in 1920. He died after several strokes. *NM*
- 10/10/2011 05:30:58 PM
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Sorry, did not realize he survived it that long.
- 11/10/2011 04:21:05 AM
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There is no evidence that Lenin was poisoned.
- 11/10/2011 04:50:28 AM
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That is hardly the only way to kill; in Lenins condition, neglect would have sufficed.
- 11/10/2011 06:28:31 AM
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Let's see...you're asking if property theft by the state is compatible with freedom? No.
- 10/10/2011 04:58:14 AM
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I'm curious how you distinguish "full socialism" from "full communism."
- 10/10/2011 05:32:53 AM
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You obviously don't understand the definitions of socialism and communism.
- 10/10/2011 02:41:39 PM
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In theory, but economics is not politics, making social contracts a bit more dubious.
- 10/10/2011 05:18:39 AM
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No. A thousand times no.
- 10/10/2011 07:46:22 AM
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Guess I count myself among those fools, though I pretty much agree with Danny.
- 10/10/2011 10:52:11 AM
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I don't usually answer your scattershot rants, Joel, but you have overextended yourself.
- 10/10/2011 05:28:07 PM
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That still looks like Stalin and Mao rationalizing away the impossibility of their stated goals.
- 11/10/2011 05:59:06 AM
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No time to today, but you're very wrong.
- 11/10/2011 02:32:38 PM
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OK.
- 11/10/2011 03:08:17 PM
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In a single word: No.
- 11/10/2011 08:26:36 AM
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Nope, because free-market democracy totally permits communism already
- 12/10/2011 12:50:36 AM
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