Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Communism decoded...

It would be fair to say that of all 'ism's' communism is the most misunderstood & misinterpreted...
I am neither a proponent nor a pursurer of communism however I would want to account my understanding of this belief (however limited it be), to help atleast those who are less informed than me...
The major perceived difference between capitalism & communism is the fact that former encourages all classes whereas the latter only promotes the lower classes of society...
The fact however is that communism doesn't support all classes since it doesn't want more than one class to exist, communism in essence is about equality as against the concept of equity propagated by capitalists...
It is often argued that communism has some inherent flaws, viz...
Communism claims everyone is equal & get equal share of resources but this goes against two very strong age old beliefs :-
The first one being that of "survival of the fittest" &
The second one being that of "maximum utilization of available resources"...
The above arguments are from the point of view of those who are ruled upon but what about the rulers themselves, greed & selfishness are as much a part of human evolution as genes & chromosomes...
Should a person holding power want to do so over a long period of time with the same impact it is imperative that he be slightly biased...
In any scenario where more than two people are involved that whole idea of logic flies out of the window...
It is said when two people are interacting the there are perceptions actively playing, viz :-
A's perception
B's perception
A's perception about B
B's perception about A
A's perception about B's perception about A & finally
B's perception about A's perception about B...
This should give a clear indication of how complex the whole idea of inter personal dealing is...
I must plead guilty of digressing but I also opine that the digression was needed...
More on it later...

Signing off...

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