RSLudlum
10-29-2008, 07:00 PM
Looking through the Communist Manifesto's 10 Planks. Do you have any concrete examples where each candidate fits into the planks? I came up with this so far, correct me if I'm wrong, add if you please:
The question isn't if Obama is a communist/marxist but of McCain and Obama which is more communistic/marxist.
Planks of Communism each Candidate believes in
McCain
#2 (income tax)
#5 (Federal Reserve Bank)
#6 (pretty damn close with recent FISA bills and FCC)
#7 (voted for bailout, and farm subsidies)
#10 (Dept. of Education)
Obama:
#2 (income tax)
#5 (Federal Reserve Bank)
#6 (FISA bills, FCC, Fairness Doctrine)
#7 (voted for bailout, and farm subsidies)
#10 (Dept of Education)
10 Planks of Communism
These measures will, of course, be different in different countries.
Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
The question isn't if Obama is a communist/marxist but of McCain and Obama which is more communistic/marxist.
Planks of Communism each Candidate believes in
McCain
#2 (income tax)
#5 (Federal Reserve Bank)
#6 (pretty damn close with recent FISA bills and FCC)
#7 (voted for bailout, and farm subsidies)
#10 (Dept. of Education)
Obama:
#2 (income tax)
#5 (Federal Reserve Bank)
#6 (FISA bills, FCC, Fairness Doctrine)
#7 (voted for bailout, and farm subsidies)
#10 (Dept of Education)
10 Planks of Communism
These measures will, of course, be different in different countries.
Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.