Why does The U.S. set a bad image for Communism?

[Dominicana_1965]

I apologize if this is a rather "stupid" question. But i want to know why Communism is viewed as bad by da U.S.if its based on equality?

Explanations and links will be helpful haha.

[( R )evolution]

America is the leading imperlalistic nation, it is run by the rich. Communism is a system that wants equality for everyone and by giving equality to everyone that would mean taking away the money and power from the rich (in america today and other western nations) and since the rich run the goverment in america and have alot of power and communism is a system that would take that away, it is natural that they would not want a system that takes away there power, and they will resist and fight any system that promotes equality for everyone.

[Darth Revan]

Because The US is capitalism the united states are where all those capitalistic company such as MacDonald's are located no doubt they have a lot of power in the country and the US was communist those companies will belong to the country i think so they try to stop it so they can continue stealing money from the poor blah blah blah

[Dominicana_1965]

I forgot to add what would you tell someone that considered Cuba a communist country?does Cuba truly contain all aspects to be labeled "Communism"

And thanks a lot for your responses

[Eleutherios]

No, there is no such thing as a "communist state". The definition of communism is a stateless, classless society; obviously Cuba has a state and we cannot consider it to have reached communism. I would however say it is an example of socialism.

[MrDoom]

I would however say [Cuba] is an example of socialism.
Though it must be made clear it is not representative of socialism as a whole.

Another example would be the Paris Commune.

[Mcas]

The United States has spent the last 40-50 years setting up political institutions such as the IMF and World Bank to ensure they have a political and economic hold on the majority of the worlds nations. These institutions were created just before the Cold War era and communism is seen as a direct treat against these neo-liberal ideologies. It isn't really the corporate powers which originally opposed communism, but because of those institutions it has created this corporate world we live in so in today's eyes the corporate feinds are the enemy of communism. They are but that hate started somewhere before that.

[rouchambeau]

Because almost no one in the U.S. would benefit (in the material sense) from global communism.

[rebelworker]

Many people who think badly of communism do so because they equate it with the dictatorships of Stalin and Mao.

For most of them Communism just means opressive goverment.

Although alot of this has to do with the massive amounts of propaghanda produced by the Govt and companies to discredit communism as it would undermine thier power.

We must no however ignore the fact that many people who have labled themselves, and many who continue to do so, support and have supported horrible regeims like that of Stalin, Lenin and Mao.

As well meaning as many of these people may have been, they built and encouraged some of the most horrible and repressive goverments of ll time. So the fact is that most americans would not benifit from this kind of society.

NOw its important to remember that communism in theory is supposed to be a society with economic equality and political power shared among the masses, but tis has been horribly bastardised in the past.

As for cuba, I would agree, It is defenitly not communist, but socialist, and considering the little resources it has at its disposal and the fact that it is under constant pressure from a huge imperialist power like the US, it is one of the most just countires in the world today.

Of course as a communist I would criticise the centralisation of much of the power in the hands of Fidel and his supporters.

[which doctor]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12 2006, 05:23 PM
Because almost no one in the U.S. would benefit (in the material sense) from global communism.
What do you mean by that?

[( R )evolution]

Originally posted by FoB+Sep 13 2006, 02:17 AM--> (FoB @ Sep 13 2006, 02:17 AM)
[email protected] 12 2006, 05:23 PM
Because almost no one in the U.S. would benefit (in the material sense) from global communism.
What do you mean by that? [/b]
I think he means that the majority of Ameircan are directly benfitted by the explition of the workers in 3rd world countrys or devolipng nations and if communism would come to power it would take that away and everyone would be equal.