Why is it that more and more Americans are becoming amenable to Communism?

Question

I remember hearing Whoopi Goldberg a year back say something along the lines of Communism being a good idea and this appears to be mirroring a trend in the United States. I even had a couple of high school teachers who claimed that "Communism was a good idea in theory." What? What is so good about the destruction of wealth and the abolition of private property, much less the equal distribution of misery as Churchill once said. Back in the Cold War Era America may have had an irrational fear of Communism but it was much better than the state we are in at the moment where celebrities and high school teachers think that Communism is a good idea. I miss the good old days when Communists were reviled and blacklisted for being the malicious anti-Americans that they were, nowadays it seems like embracing Communism in the "cool" or "in" thing to do nowadays. Also, do you think Winston Churchill would've approved of Universal Single-Payer Healthcare? I highly doubt it.

Answer 1

Conservativism a masked attempt at passive genocide. Those who promote "capitalism" are actually promoting the death of their own citizens, specifically the undesirable groups. Most opposed policies relate to ensuring that disliked segments of the population will die off.



Consider which groups are likely to be considered undesirable by the right -- gays, blacks, browns, the disabled, the elderly, the young, the poor and then consider what policies the right has in store to address those groups in society as a whole.



People have been taught to hate "communism" to forward the passive genocide of undesired groups.



The right has no health care reform because it doesn't further the genocidal goals of not helping the undesired populations.

Answer 2

Well the Capitalists have made a hash of it and sent America into financial ruin ...but the peoples money bailed out the fat cats.



Out of Control Capitalism and corruption were the hallmarks of the Failed Bush Reich.



Most Americans just want a job , food on the table, access to medical when needed and a roof over there heads without fear or favour that someday someone will take it away through no fault of their own.



If that means that the Capitalist system is propped up by a socialist underpinning to achieve that I guess Mr and Mrs average would not be too bothered by that.



Lets face it Bush underhandedly water down the constitution using fear and lies and left the US a financial basket case so something drastic is needed to get it back on track.

Answer 3

It seems that since the global climate change has been an issue and the economy tanked, people are afraid. They also see our jobs permanently disappearing to other countries. There is a loss of confidence in the free market and some are determined to do away with it.



What they don't realize is that our own laws created during the Clinton administration led to what happened to our economy. Our jobs are leaving the country because of world organizations who are trying to equalize economies, environments, and societies globally to redistribute the wealth. Our own government is in favor of this as well so that our emissions are reduced. They must realize this will lead of more poverty within our own country. You don't hear anyone really talk about the return of prosperity. All you hear about are new laws that will further reduce our manufacturing base and tax us all in the hopes of reducing the average temperature globally by less than 1 degree over the next 100 years.



People are being brain washed. There are certainly ways to meet this challenge through capitalism and free markets but that isn't being proposed. Same way with our health care.



The UK began socialized medicine during WW II because of the war and now they can't get out of it because it employs over 1.2 million people, the largest employer of a single industry in the world.

Answer 4

Communism is a moneyless classless world community with no governments or armies. It doesn't involve destruction of wealth. But it does mean the abolition of a situation where a small number of people own the world's resources and the rest of us have to sell our labour power to them when they find it profitable for us to do so.



On Churchill and the NHS, see

Answer 5

Because Communism is a great idea theoretically, if you don't think it isn't then you don't think that Christianity is a good idea, because Jesus advocated Communism by telling people to sell all of their goods and land and to live amongst themselves supporting each other. Wealth is arguably the most evil thing in this world, it breeds greed, and selfishness, the only thing worse is religious fundamentalism, the top 10% of the American income bracket owns 95% of the wealth, how is that fear to the other 90% who will most likely be in debt their whole life and will be financially burdened and stressed? The idea that someone can 'own' a piece of land just by handing over some paper and metal (money) is equally as ****** up. I would love to see pure communism work somewhere, it would fortify my idea that all people aren't evil pieces of ****. I am heavily considering moving to Sweden where they have a heavily Socialist leaning mixed economy, where the rich can't do whatever they please and exploit the population nearly as much as they can here. Why are you so afraid of communism?

Answer 6

Communism is the antithesis of freedom. This u . s . a . rebelled against a King that replace into waiting to impose His will on the human beings without redress. Communism supplies you all rights of your life to the government. you're a possession, not someone. Your existence is the valuables of the state. you will be fed, clothed, given preserve, tortured, raped, or die on the will of any member of the paperwork. that's a nightmare for everyone interior the international.

Answer 7

So why does China (Communists!) have to bail out American (Capitalists!) time and time again?

Communism is not a disease and it's not contagious. It's a political system and party, and it's in no way illegal in the United States - neither is associating with them due to this wacky document called the Constitution.

Answer 8

There have always been communists and socialists here they just think they can get it done now.

Bottom line is if the country tries to go socialist or communist or anything other than a free nation you will see blood in the streets.

Answer 9

Ridiculous assumption, most people want nothing to do with communism.

Answer 10

Basically because more an more Americans today are uneducated about world history and the fallacies of socialism and communism. History repeating itself again. *sigh*

Answer 11

Just ask to see their old report cards from school. You will find Ds and Fs next to the lines where it says "American History," "Civics" and "Government."

Answer 12

Obama says its good, Pelosi says its good, soo it must be good. A better question, what do liberals even believe in anymore? It changes everyday depending on what obama and friends believe that day. War is bad! Wait its Good! No wait its only partly good! No wait I think we are pullin out, its bad again!

Answer 13

Democrats and their liberal media SPEW...the NAZI germany theory of politics...say a lie often enough and you will get people to believe it.....THAT is how they stole the last election...and now we are paying for it