03-30-2020, 08:54 AM
The "communist" sector could well be renamed "socialist". All Communists consider themselves Socialist, but most socialists want nothing to do with the totalitarian socialists. Besides, the Communism that Marx envisioned in which property is no longer relevant, scarcity is no longer extant, and the State is no longer necessary for enforcing the dominion of property is in his view a consequence of technological change and advancement of productive capacity. Ironically the capitalist countries with the greatest capacities of production and levels of economic development may be more advanced toward Marx' ideal of Communism than the 'socialist' states past and present.
Marxism-Leninist doctrine generally holds that capitalist ownership and management of the economic resources retard the development of an advanced economy by transforming much of the productivity into elite indulgence as capitalists and executives increasingly act like aristocrats in getting sybaritic excess for themselves while imposing grinding poverty on others. (Obviously such fits any plutocracy, regrettably including the USA).
Marxism-Leninist doctrine generally holds that capitalist ownership and management of the economic resources retard the development of an advanced economy by transforming much of the productivity into elite indulgence as capitalists and executives increasingly act like aristocrats in getting sybaritic excess for themselves while imposing grinding poverty on others. (Obviously such fits any plutocracy, regrettably including the USA).
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.