The Polish state broadcaster on Saturday suspended
a television journalist who, during the Olympic Games opening ceremony,
reacted to a performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" by saying it was a "vision of communism."
Communism is perfect!
Communism is the perfect lie...
Communism was 'invented' by Marx and proposed as the only solution to a real problem.
The problem with communism as a practical solution is that it cannot be put into practice!
Humans, both at individual and social level, need freedom.
Without individual and social freedom, individuals regress to an animalic state and societies fail. Abysmally!
According to Marx, communism was the only solution for what he had perceived as a problem.
According to Marx, when a critical mass of people belonging to the middle class will become destitute, they will accept to be led out of their predicament by 'the communists'. But since the rest of the society continues to enjoy their perks or to ignore the dangers 'lurking in the future', in order to achieve their goal - communism for everybody, including for the unwilling, the communists will have to institute the socialist dictatorship. As a transition phase to communism. A phase in which the unwilling will be convinced.
According to history, no dictatorship - including the socialist - has ever survived. Has ever achieved its goal.
Communism, at least for now, is unattainable. For the simple reason that humankind has not yet learned how to survive dictatorship. How to live without freedom.
On the other hand, communism is very alluring.
For the idealists amongst us...
Communism is a very suitable subject for dreaming. A very nice thing to have, albeit impossible to achieve...
Since the idealists are hard to convince, let me speak to the practical minded amongst you.
John Lennon invited us to dream. To dream a world with 'no possessions' and with 'no need for greed or hunger'. What's not to like in this dream, except for the fact that it can't be put in practice?
Hunger is natural. Why eat if not hungry?!?
Greed is also natural.
Who doesn't like/want more of what they consider to be pleasant?!? The wise amongst us?
How do we become wise? As wise as each of us is able to become...
By interacting with others? By learning from them? And from the consequences of those interactions?
Property - possessions - is a tool.
A tool society uses to make order. If each of us knows what they are able to use for what purpose things go smooth. There's no need for outside intervention. Granted, this is valid for only as long as each - well, at least most - members of the society have enough to eat, where to sleep and what to protect their backs with.
Without the order construed by the society, collectively, using the tool known as 'property', how are the people going to cooperate?!? To interact? To learn, even...
How about we wake up?
Sleep is essential and dreaming a normal part of it.
But we also need some wake up time!
Pun intended...
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