And that is why you think you should go the American way? because America is worse than the UK? I don't get the logic.
I'm saying that as there is such a huge difference in taxing and only a tiny difference in the result the system is fucked up
not necessaily, communism doesnt have to involve dictarorship and censorship and the rest of the shit you get. You can have a democratic, communist country (although i doubt there has ever been one or will ever be one)
WHAT the whole point of communism is that you need someone in control to see that the wealth is shared, that means you get dictatorship
Poor Pi, you just don't understand. You see, in a democracy the majority (along with any special interest group) has the right to take what they want by force from whomever they like to do with it as they wish. This is what we call the "public good". Never mind that your individual needs may not match this arbitrary expenditure of your funds, and forget about responsibility as to how those funds are handled or whether a different allotment would be more efficient or more effective or whether such a rebalance is fair in any reasoned or ethical sense. Certainly forget the fact that you could probably manage your money far better than any conceivable government committee, including paying for those utilities and services which you actually use as opposed to paying for those that someone else thinks you should have or might need or that someone else might need at your expense. Never mind that the redistribution of wealth can only ever be a temporary fix, that it never actually works, rarely affects any lasting change for anyone, and that economic laws mandate that that you cannot simply tweak the economy into the shape you wish without forcing a trade-off somewhere else. Most of all forget that each individual expending the rewards of their own labor as they see fit would be the most democratic system of all. There are other people who know what each of us needs better than we ever could. Call them liberal, call them conservative... each will tell you what is morally correct because they know better than you do. ~Raithere "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken
*All* governments use force to accomplish their goals. To resolve the debate here, communism is an economic system not a system of govenment. That a society is communist has no intrisic bearing upon the method of governance. ~Raithere
I said force, not killing. Try publicly breaking the law. Then come back and talk to me about how they secured your compliance without the use of force. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ~Raithere "The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: "I feed on your energy." - Herbert, Frank