Why did so many buy into the stupid ideology of Communism in the 20th century?

[TaxPhd]

Originally Posted by cebuan

Quibble about that f you like, the fact remains that all communist Cuban officials, including the Castros, walk around every day in range and plan view ordinary unrestricted citizens carrying loaded guns.

Interesting, but that has nothing to do with your post that was responding to.

[cebuan]

Originally Posted by TaxPhd

Interesting, but that has nothing to do with your post that was responding to.

It has to do with this.

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Wait until the guns are confiscated. That has always been the first step.

[GearHeadDave]

Originally Posted by Azureth

The very concept goes against the very nature of humans. We can't all be "equal", there are lots of smart and lots of stupid people, and the smart ones naturally will gain more, so why did so many in the 20th century actually think the concept of Communism was ever good or could even work? There's a reason every Communist country has ALWAYS been ruled by the worst dictators ever.

Just another simple minded straw man argument of the Radical Right that goes all the way back to the days of the Red Scare and the John Birch society. It was total propaganda BS then and it remains so today.

Vast overwhelming numbers of people in the USA are practical centrists, of once flavor or the other. No matter how many times you repeat this jittering nonsense about Communists in every corner.