freedom, liberty, democracy, equality.
Economic Equality (ensuring no one is richer or has more economic clout than anyone else)
Personal Freedom (no oppression of individual expression, belief or lifestyle no matter what it is)
Human Diversity (Encouraging cohesion of all people regardless of 'race', sexuality, disability etc)
Prosperity - (Ensure high standard of living, access to quality goods and services)
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Yes, exactly. What drives me is the injustice of theft of labor, production and dignity. Hunger. This is what drives me, the fact that 100,000 humans die of starvation a day, 3 billion humans are left less than $2 a day from their production, and an increasing number of over 1 Billion humans are permanently severely undernourished. Lethargic from starvation, robbed of a social life, robbed of the right to work and forced to rot away in a slum. FUCK CAPITALISM.
"It is necessary for Communists to enter into contradiction with the consciousness of the masses. . . The problem with these Transitional programs and transitional demands, which don't enter into any contradiction with the consciousness of the masses, or try to trick the masses into entering into the class struggle, create soviets - [is that] it winds up as common-or-garden reformism or economism." - Mike Macnair, on the necessity of the Minimum and Maximum communist party Program.
"You're lucky. You have a faith. Even if it's only Karl Marx" - Richard Burton
freedom, liberty, democracy, equality.
I want a better world for myself, my son and everyone else. I want a world where people can live to the fullest, develop themselves and appreciate life.
"Her development, her freedom, her independence must come from and through herself. First, by asserting herself as a personality, and not as a sex commodity. Second, by refusing the right to anyone over her body; by refusing to bear children unless she wants them; by refusing to become a servant to God, the State, society, the husband, the family, etc. ... by freeing herself from the fear of public opinion and public condemnation. Only that, and not the ballot, will set woman free, will make her a force hitherto unknown in the world, a force for real love, for peace, for harmony; a force of divine fire, of life-giving; a creator of free men and women."~ Emma Goldman
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All four are very important, but prosperity is what means the most to me. Everyone should be able to stay healthy and have a roof above their head.
Essentially this.
But in all honesty I basically am not a communist for any reason other than the fact that I've been one for a while now.
Anger and a strong uncontrollable desire to avenge myself, my family, and everyone else who has suffered at one point or another because of poverty, war, and ethnic hatred.
Economic/Political/Social Equality is the main reason behind my politics.
Only out of egalitarianism can a legitimate social/personal freedom can emerge
Also, class spite and being poor
"My heart sings for you both. Imagine it singing. la la la la."- Hannah Kay
"if you keep calling average working people idiots i am sure they will be more apt to listen to what you have to say. "-bcbm
"Sometimes false consciousness can be more destructive than apathy, just like how sometimes, doing nothing is actually better than doing the wrong thing."- Robocommie
"The ruling class would tremble, and the revolution would be all but assured." -Explosive Situation, on the Revleft Merry Prankster bus
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the possibility of working class rapture is the only thing that motivates me to leave my bed for work every morning.
Everywhere it is the police who do the whipping and the one in rags who gets whipped. And then the people who sit smugly at their well-laden tables are surprised when someone rocks the table, overturns it, and shatters everything to fragments.
The proletariat needs to be strengthened until it is capable self-organizing. Prosperity is most instrumental in driving that and enabling pursuit of the other 3 things in the poll. (The definition of the "prosperity" choice seems to include some measure of economic equality, so that all the prosperity doesn't simply make the capitalists yet stronger.)
I chose personal freedom. However, "personal freedom" is such a broad concept, even considering the more specific definition you put in the brackets, that in my view it involves all the other options listed. These days, I'm not really sure how useful it is to talk about "personal freedom" without being a lot more specific about the particular context of the society and the particular goals you have in mind.
That said, I've always tended towards very anti-authoritarian views (before I was a leftist I was a hardcore anarcho-capitalist), and "personal freedom" still reonates more deeply with me than any of the other options.
Well I'm in it to eliminate competition.
The idea that it is somehow right and proper that some people fall by the wayside while others trample over their bodies to get where they want to be or even just to stay alive is sickening to me. Competition sets people against each other when they could achieve far more by working together. The idea of competition is glorified in this society when it should be vilified in all its forms. (except in sport, and various friendly competitions)
"It is better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees"
cos it aint bloody fair..... obviously.
why should worthless, arrogant, pampered, ignorant, greedy, selfish, thoughtless and unpleasant little shits, once born into the privileged classes, have a life of complete
luxury... and get, easily, all that they ever want and more.
they dont need to work [much if at all]
they take for granted the best of everything...clothes, stuff, houses, education, holidays
they have money as a default position.
they never see the other side of the coin
they are healthier
they have influence
rules get bent for them
and they get away with it all
the playing field is so far from level...
it is more or less a different game...
we need to make it all fair.
then it is freedom and rights
!?!?!
I think that anyone who voted for the "personal freedom" thing is a bit self-serving.
Last edited by Althusser; 12th April 2012 at 20:34.
I would choose all them as important for they are essential for a socialist society.
Lots of positive reasons
What drives me is
1) Current human suffering due to unjust social and political structures sustaining the capitalist economy
2) I want to see the capitalists and bourgeois get defeated and suppressed
The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Good topic, but I couldn't select any of the choices, as usual. My politics are driven by a desire for human realization: the establishment of self-determined community with ourselves and with the rest of life. Such a human realization would include economic equality, personal freedom (together with others), human diversity, and prosperity.
Partija Rada (Party of Labour)
