4. "RE: why is communism impossible?" In response to In response to 0
It isn't. There are only 2 viable arguments I've ever heard over hundreds of debates:
- that there would be no motivation for people to work harder and strive to be better without the incentive of $$$. This however is clearly bullshit, it is simply our culture of greed that promotes this way of thinking, not human nature. Enivironment is WAAAAY more important than genetics in the making of our mentality, and our environment is a greedy ass capitalistic one.
- that such a large central government that would be necessary to run a communist state would lead to a huge build up in bureaucracy and an inefficient infrastructure. This however is another myth created by the common misconception that Soviet Russia was a properly communist country. It was not. The idea that good management and efficient use of resources could only be made in a market economy in the search of money is in my eyes a ridiculous proposition. Soviet Russia was one giant mess, but it didn't have to be.