Socialism

Again, you do not need to be within the soviet union to be within the soviet unions sphere of influence. The spread of the Iron curtain would only prolong the threat of nuclear war as it prolonged the slowly dying soviet union and its satellite states. You can't say that you dislike dictatorship and then A. support communism which Karl Marx himself admits necessitates dictatorship. and B. admire two of the worst dictators in history. Next, defending Stalin by saying he defended himself against Hitler when attacked isn't a very good argument especially after Stalin initially sided with Hitler in the conquest of Poland. War goes both ways Frankfurter. You can declare a peace but like it or not, your enemy gets a say. the Russians were just as involved in continuing the Cold War as anyone else. An arms race requires two or more racers. History is often a complex process true, but in the case of communism it can very clearly be called evil. With necessitated murder as per the communist manifesto, and this murder being put into practice with tens of millions killed in the name of your precious Utopia. Next, I would poke some holes in this "foolproof" communist plan again. First, Bir Tawil and Antarctica wouldn't work. Why? There's a reason no one wants them. They're completely desolate. Your farming wouldn't go so well. For the rest of my argument against this system, see my previous argument about Plymouth Rock. I will address your next few points in turn. "1. Russia might have gone back to democracy and capitalism, but the impression that communism left on the region is large. Most people remember being alive when the Soviet Union was still up. Living there is a lot nicer now." Right. Living in Russia is a lot better now than it was under communism. I completely agree. " Cuba is still communist, and it's only a few miles from the shore of Florida. They have a rich culture now, and Cuban cab drivers earn more money than doctors. Transportation is a big business there. You can still see cars from the fifties when you visit, which is neat." first, Cuban taxi drivers make more than doctors because the communists stole all of the hospitals from private owners and placed them under the ownership of the state. When the Soviet Union collapsed the Cuban economy went from bad to worse and those doctors under the state began to make very little money. So communism screwed the doctors. (1) Having antiquated cars is not a sign of success. "3 China has money now, so it's not purely communist, but now they have a democracy and you can go there and take a trip without worrying. Mao is dead, they've learned to be a bit more moderate in their belief systems. They're still almost as successful as the United States, and their economy is pretty swell too." Firstly, China has made shifts towards a market economy which coincided with success in a way I don't believe is coincidental. Secondly, China's economy isn't as good as it seems. In fact, Economists have noted that Chinese reported growth rates are very suspicious and that they change the definitions in order to be able to report higher growth.(2) "4. Vietnam has museums now where ignorant people like you can go and learn about the horrors of the Vietnam War. They say they're still communist." Having museums doesn't mean that you're successful. Communism has very clearly failed. If you're trying to suggest that communist countries have just taken on a democratic political system I'd like an example. Again, you fail to address the issue of proportionality and scarcity. Let's take a look back at your example of a communist country. If you moved to Bir Tawil, and let's pretend that Bir Tawil isn't a wasteland. You have your farmers and you give everyone a house. for one, you could never be economically self sufficient because you would need to trade with other countries because you can't grow food fast enough to feed your population and trade requires money or other goods which your country wouldn't have. This would lead to scarcity. If you had one person who was the village doctor, he can't be growing food. If he's not growing food, whose food do you take to give him some? Now take that issue and multiply it by any number of other non-farming individuals. This is one of the factors that leads to communism's collapse. I have never and will never make the claim that the United States is a flawless country that has never done anything wrong. However, there can be no argument that the freedom of speech did not exist in far higher degrees in the United States than in the Soviet Union. Also as for E.C. comics, unless the federal government shut down the comics then it was simply the people choosing what they wanted to read. Government should not subsidize a comic that people don't want to read. I said that using the draft is sometimes justified, what is NEVER justified is using your citizens as tools and working them to death in order to keep your failing economic system afloat because you refuse to admit that it's a bad idea. Actually, if war erupts to the point where the draft is necessary I would have already been in the military. I plan on going to the Marine Corps. Semper Fi! However, It is highly unlikely that they would reinstate the draft because of the increased effectiveness and efficiency of the all-volunteer force. This next point is slanderous and false. Nakamura Okazaki remembers being in the internment camps and while it was damaging, they were not tortured or killed.https://www.reuters.com... Do not confuse the Japanese internment camps in the U.S. with the ones run by the Japanese in Japan which were brutal. Politicians are VERY corrupt. in every country. That has nothing to do with communism or capitalism. In no way could you possibly argue that an invasion of Japan would have resulted in less loss of life than the A-bomb. An invasion would have resulted in numerous battles during Island hopping, sieges, and battles. WWII Japan didn't know what "surrender" meant. They would have fought to the last man. The A-bomb was necessary and justified. This isn't "alternate history" they DID make their own citizens kill themselves. It actually happened. There were battles between the U.S. and Japan before the bombs were dropped.As America pushed forward, island by island, troops continued to bear witness to Japanese soldiers and civilians taking their own lives. Okinawa was ... While the Japanese government states there was "military involvement" in these suicides, survivors attest to a compulsory mass suicide, or shudan jiketsu. This is from atomicheritage.org Also, The United States DID warn Japan multiple times before the bomb was dropped. We also dropped pamphlets warning of what was to come. Japan still refused to surrender. www.atomicheritage.org/key-documents/warning-leaflets Bernie Sanders would NOT have lowered taxes. His promises told a very different story. In order to pay for all of the social programs he wanted would have required a massive increase in taxes. The ever so evil republicans actually did lower taxes in case you missed it. You point out the forced communism of these countries. How does that account for all of the countries that failed when they willingly became communist? the Soviets, the Cubans, the Venezuelans and many others.