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The Dinosaurs of Communism
Today, it is mostly China, North Korea, and Cuba that are spoken of in connection with communism. While North Korea (Democratic People\’s Republic of Korea) and Cuba appear to be outwardly unchanging authoritarian totalitarianism complemented by an almost comically grotesque motif (the ideology of “Juche” constructed by the deified leader Kim Il Seng), aside from Cuba\’s “makeover,” China s communism has undergone an interesting and ongoing evolution.
The designation of China as a communist state is questionable, at least today, given what is happening in its economic system. In this regard, the term “consumerist” is more appropriate to describe the state of Chinese society. On political matters, however, the CCP remains faithful to its dogma, as evidenced by its brutal suppression of the 1989 student riots, its refusal to engage in dialogue with dissenters and its continued criminalization, and its rejection of demands for Tibetan independence. We give you Coca-Cola and hamburgers so that you will be obedient to us, or at least indifferent and indifferent to us. Fortunately, there may still be enough people in China, unaffected by the genocide known as the “Cultural Revolution,” who see such deals as a good solution to the problem of the Communist Party\’s hold on power.
But communism is not dead yet, even in Europe. Parties that profess and follow (at least in rhetoric) communist ideas have survived the downfall of communism as a political system and have become part of newly formed parliamentary democracies. Some, like Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, are based on internal reforms, while others, like Russia and the Czech Republic, have changed little in their ideological positions. In the case of the Czech Republic, it was possible to build on the parliamentary democracy of the so-called First Republic from 1918 to 1938.
This fact is not weakened by the more or less successful efforts to enshrine the communist threat in the legal system, the debate on the banning of communist parties, and the declarative rejection of the possibility of cooperation with communists by non-communist parties.
Money would be unnecessary and everyone would have access to the wealth of society as needed. The final stage of human development is communism.” With some exaggeration, communism can be compared to alcohol, a drug tolerated by the state. We know its harmful effects, and many of us have seen them for ourselves. But its consumption does, to some extent, relieve us of our worries and responsibilities. Its complete rejection requires a firm will.