I believe that communism and socialism will have a resurgence because eventually the supremacy of the new conservative market based economics will eventually wreak havoc on us all because only the rich will be able to afford the basic requirements of life such as education, health, food, water and shelter. Unless the public sectors are allowed to function once more then our society will descend into violence and disorder. We will not be able to call for police assistance because only the rich will be able to afford thier services and even for them it will be inadequate.

Something will have to give and that will be the order of civilization that capitalism needs in order for the so-called free market to function.

Therefore people will be forced to try other ecomomic models of organization such as Communism for relief.

In America, Britain, and the so called "Civilized" Western World, about 80% of the time when someone says "Communist" they use it as a broad generalization of all socialists, communists, and yes, Stalinists. While Castro and Stalin were in no way real communists, as by definition, communism means "rule of the proletariat" and proletariat means "working class." The men who build, and maintain the factories are the ones who rule the government--to an extent, this can be described as true Democracy (not the American Corporate Republic), as, in any true Democracy, the majority would rule, and in any nation, the majority are the workers. And there are variants of "communism." There is Anarcho-Communism (True autonomy), Democratic Communism (Based on Voters), Council Communism (elected councils and senates make decisions), the Communist Republic (elected leaders, like presidents... i.e. America, but Communist), Authoritarian Communism, Stalinism, etc. In essence, Communism, is very much an economic system--NOT a political one. It can be coupled with any way of running a country. And as for that earlier guy, Communism isn't servitude of the government, it means the government serves the working class. And I don't see how any hard working man, or woman, can disagree with that.

Communism has stamped its mark on the 20th century-a mark of aggression and cruelty, bloodshed and tears. Historians have estimated that its ideology has caused the death of 120 million people since the Russian Revolution of 1917. These casualties include not only soldiers killed on battlefields, but citizens murdered by their own governments. The whole world has seen the pitiless slaughter carried out by Communist leaders. One hundred million men and women, from the elderly to young people and infants, lost their lives to this cold, hard, savage ideology. Communist regimes have deprived tens of millions of their most basic rights and freedoms, ejecting people from their homes and systematically subjecting them to famines, slavery in labor camps and imprisonment. Millions have been the targets of Communist guerilla groups and terrorist organizations, and still others have lived in the fear of becoming targets for their bullets.

What are this ideology's roots? Where was Communism born? How did such a cruel, bloodthirsty worldview find adherents and supporters throughout the world? Why did it come to power and flourish, dragging millions in its wake? How did it come to an end, with the collapse of the Soviet Union? Or has it really ended, or does it still threaten every country on earth?

Does this serious threat still exist in the world? Regrettably, yes. Communism is waiting in ambush!

This well of bloodshed, which has cost the lives of 120 million, still exists. Communism has covered the top of the well to conceal its insidious activities and camouflaged its surroundings, setting it as a trap for the unwary. Its outward appearance may have changed, its adherents' names may be different, but it still awaits an opportunity to wreak pain on humanity once again, as it has in the past. This book's vitally important purpose is to rip the mask off this insidious and growing threat and reveal the true face of the Communist ideology that has caused so much pain and trouble.

http://www.harunyahya.com/communism01.php

It's a beautiful idea: No boss, just the people, evenly sharing the proceeds from a business/government. Why do you make so little? Because Bill Gates makes so much!

Stalin did some bad things, but he was really a fascist, not a communist.

The Anti-communism movement in America is second only to the anti-semiotic movement of Nazi germany. This is a dangerous, cruel road you're walking down.

The 60's were about love, not war, and I think that sticks here too. Religious people should know that god is love. This kind of hate is a slippery slope.

History show a pattern, which relates to communism, and that pattern is this; EVERY country that has embraced Communism as a system of government has had the same problems- Poor economic growth, poor economic strength, and human rights violations.

i can think of no communist government that has been an exception to this rule. In communist countries, there is no incentive to excell. if a rocket scientist makes the same wage as a ditch-digger, why take the time and effort to study rocket science? If there are no rewards for doing more than the minimum required, why would anyone make the effort? In reality, the system that claimed to abolish class, instead simply created a class-system of it's own. The nobleman was replaced by the inner-party stooge, the royalty was replaced by the party aparatchik, and the clergyman was replaced by the political commisar. but for the common man, the drudgery continued.

Capitalism is far from perfect, and even the staunchest capitalist will admit this, but at the very least, it enables social mobility and rewards effort with promotion, and excellence with wealth.

I think communism is a lovely idea, but in reality it would just fail. Proof of this is in George Orwell's Animal Farm. Sadly, greed is a human trait and it is instinctual for humans to be greedy, I mean if you were walking down the road and someone offered you a lifechanging amount of money, like five million pounds, I doubt that you would say no.