Persecution of Communists

[BraveNewWorld]

I have just read the communist manifesto, and cannot understand why communism is so despised and feared by so many? Is it because of the existing examples of communism in the world (eg. China, U.S.S.R., Korea etc) or is it just ignorance.

Fear and ignorance are the spawn of ignorance

[Darth Revan]

The Soviet Union and China gave communism a bad name because of all the purges that happened there are people who think that communism is a part of fascism its also part US fault during the cold war there were many anti-soviet propaganda messages that described communism evil

[Whitten]

2 main reasons:

1) The obvious one. The bad reputation gained from the so-called "communist" states in eastern euroe and asia. This mixed in with western properganda has successfully generated a "communism=evil reaction" from most westerners.

2) It wouldnt be benificial to those who have the ability to influence public opinion, big media companies, politicians, and the massive corporations which subtly exert their influence in everything.

[Vladislav]

China,U.S.S.R and N.K were never communist and never claimed to be. But a lot of ignorant people think that just because those places bore the hammer and sickle that they are communist. The U.S.A(and other U.S backed countries) has also brainwashed people into thinking that leaders like Stalin,Mao,Kim Jong Il are true communists.

It's all got to do with false information,history and fear.

[ComradeOm]

We advocate the overthrow of the existing social order. For some reason that is never popular with the ruling class.


Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 11:20 AM
1) The obvious one. The bad reputation gained from the so-called "communist" states in eastern euroe and asia. This mixed in with western properganda has successfully generated a "communism=evil reaction" from most westerners.
Communist persecution predates the formation of the USSR by a century. The idea that communists are persecuted because Lenin & Stalin gave it a "bad rep" is nonsense.

[RedAnarchist]

The various branches of revolutionary socialism are persecuted and repressed beacuse the ruling classes know that, inevitabally, the revolution will arrive.

[AlwaysAnarchy]

It is mostly because of the FAKE (not real) Communism of Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Mao and company.

The sooner we come to real socialism and real communism the better. The ghosts of the pasts must go away.

[violencia.Proletariat]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2006, 10:24 PM
It is mostly because of the FAKE (not real) Communism of Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Mao and company.

The sooner we come to real socialism and real communism the better. The ghosts of the pasts must go away.
Thats not really the whole truth. Remember haymarket? That was around 30 years before the Russian Revolution. Revolutionary idealogy is a threat to the bourgeoisie, the moralism you judge communists by is irrelevant to them. They will suppress you whether your support marxist leninist struggles or libertarian struggles.

[piet11111]

mostly because the ruling class does everything in its power to keep the masses ignorant about the true nature of communism.

smarter poeple read the communist manifesto and think "this stuff makes a lot of sense"
to those poeple the media point out the nations like the ussr china and north korea as if they where really communist.

the smartest poeple realise that those nations are not communist at all.
but only a very small fraction of poeple ever get to that point unfortunatly.

[Revulero]

Communism has never been acomplished before, but the US and the right-wing puppet govt. that suck the US dick brainwash people that communism is the same thing as fascism.

[phragit]

cultural hegemony