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“On paper it’s a good idea, but it kinda doesn’t work in real life.”

This has neither been affirmed nor denied; rather, it simply is a false statement that explains nothing. This misconception is popularly spouted by those more ignorant of communism. This misconception differs in that it does not try to explain through argumentation why communism does not work, or rather, that it could not work. Rather, it uses the example of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc states, and the People’s Republic of China as examples of communism’s apparent failures. There is a distinction to be made between ‘socialism’ and ‘communism.’ Yes, the leaders of the Soviet Union can be said to be communists in their ideological predispositions, their philosophical outlooks, and their economic objectives; however, the USSR never claimed to have achieved communism – which, by its definition, would be impossible to achieve without worldwide socialist revolution. Rather, the USSR, the People’s Republic of China, the Eastern Bloc nations, etc. were examples of socialism – the workers’ dictatorship. Thus, this misconception depends greatly on a misrepresentation of facts and a misunderstanding of the arrangements that separate communism from socialism. In communism the state (as it exists under socialism) has no need to exist – for there are no classes. And, as it is commonly understood in Marxism-Leninism, the state is used as a tool of class repression.

So, while economic arguments can certainly be made against the merits of communism – no such refutation has thus been put forward, and the examples set by the USSR and other socialist states do not serve as proof that communism cannot work. Statements that claim communism has been proven a failed economic system are wrong, and all arguments against communism are strictly speculative.

This is not the only time in history men were castrated. In my music class I found out that eons of years ago male children were castrated so they could become soprano’s. Soprano’s were highly thought of by society and since they were castrated as very small children, they were raised as soprano’s. This group of men were called the pastrami’s. Look it up, very interesting.