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originally posted by: Ohanka
a reply to: ThirdEyeofHorus
Every communist is a socialist but not every socialist is a communist.
the value of the welfare state, the idea is to create smaller families so those who do survive have the better genetics and learn the right kind of virtues.
China's one-child policy, enacted in 1979 as a form of population growth. Intended to stop a repeat of the starvation of previous decades, the policy eventually resulted in a large gender imbalance, due to a traditional preference for sons, and the abandonment of baby girls. For decades, the policy was enforced through fines, economic incentives and propaganda. It was replaced with a two-child policy in 2015.
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Wang said that women who already had children were sometimes forced to undergo abortions for subsequent pregnancies, administered by officials who felt they were performing their duty to uphold the policy. Sterilizations were performed in the same way.
Speaking as someone who survived communism, I can't agree with this
en.m.wikipedia.org...
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (German: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Programme.
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
a reply to: AaarghZombies
Speaking as someone who survived communism, I can't agree with this
Well, I am genuinely surprised to hear this. I would be interested to hear more of the specifics of what was different from the philosophy of Marx.
Just as a point of notation, socialism has been embedded in the communist system no matter where. Socialism contains a mechanism for the forced redistribution of wealth through government policies. This is part of what is wrong with socialism. When people tout socialism as a means to a better society, it turns out in reality to be a brutal enforcement of communist policies… you know…en.m.wikipedia.org...
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (German: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Programme.
It turns out that people generally don’t produce well when the fruits of their labor can be confiscated and given to those who didn’t produce, and likewise, many who are given welfare benefits don’t feel the need to work hard for it. This is why the concept by Adam Smith of “the hidden hand” works so well in advanced free market economies.
This is not to say that crony capitalism is great… it isn’t and it’s not true free enterprise.