Why do people that call Obama communist or socialist never answer?'s about what communism & socialism is?

I do see the beauty in the picture you paint. The idea that we could function united as a society that did not need to be told what to do, but one just brought it's talents forward. There is so much beauty in what we could achieve.

A state in which the wilderness of Alberta was not being exploited for a quick buck, but instead the people came together to reveal the solutions we need. It reminds of me of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. They were able to do this on the Republican side, organization of needs and services went to unions who made plans to make sure that trucks went, crops were harvested and people were feed.

They got factories producing goods and hospitals running. All without a state, ownership, or religion. It was a remarkable time.

Sadly it was a violent time. A time of Civil War against fascists and against themselves. I see the ideals, but I wonder if they are worth human lives?

How many are the worth? In Spain, people were shot if the used money or resisted. Different elements squabbled and had the Republic not been crushed by Franco it would have been curious to see how it all would have gone.

I do not believe, that a violent overthrow of a government and the possibility of civil war and strife is justified, especially when I live in parliamentary democracy. I believe it was to no one's benefit that police cars were burnt and shopping malls sacked during the G20 meeting in Toronto. All it seemed to prove, was that without order people are violent and hostile.

Without the option of violence I believe there are two methods available. 1) Democratically. Form political parties and speak to the people.

Represent them and make use of the structure that is in place. Slow changes work, they have got us universal healthcare, welfare, support of unions, child care and many other programs that are inherently socialist. Make the changes you want part of the structure that exists.

2) Form your own government. This is why the Winnipeg General Strike did not work. Although nearly half the city was on strike, slowly different groups (nurses, some machinists, milkmen, garbage men) had to agree to break the strike so as to maintain the city from complete chaos of no healthcare, piles of garbage everywhere etc. What might have made it a revolution is if instead, the Strike Council had taken control of these functions and formed their own government system to undermine the authority of the Provincial Government.

In Spain, the unions did this function and made the Government of Barcelona in essence useless. If you could get a significant amount of people to participate in a peaceful strike, this is the more revolutionary option. Btw, I know have written a lot.

But on the point of a borderless society, have you ever looked into Esperanto? You may find it interesting.

I believe that Socialism can be achieved either through the means of the democratic process or social/economic/political revolution. However, both methods will inevitably fail if it acts without the broad support of the people - no political party can assume power as we saw with the Russian, Chinese, and Cuban revolutions; we know all to well the consequences that would follow. The working citizenry/proletariat must be willing to break the bonds that hold them and become knowledgeable in both Marxist/Socialist/Communist theory and practice, as well as history's failures in the forms of Soviet Russia and Maoist China.

Socialism cannot succeed if the people react like sheep to whatever is given them, thus I fear for the American people should Socialism be achieved. We are cattle, unfortunately. Therefore, it is vital that education be broadened and given new life.

The current education system in the U.S. is broken and counterrevolutionary. It does nothing to deepen the intellects of our nation's students - higher education of the university variety stands as the exception, but only to those privileged enough to afford it. As such, it must be the top priority of any future Socialist state to promote and implement free, universal education from the K-University level.

Let me list what I believe the state must provide in the event Socialism is installed: 1) Universal education for all, from K-University level. 2) Universal health care for all, regardless of status. 3) The separation of religion from all state/public intuitions.

4) The assurance that all citizens will be provided work (the right to work). 5) Freedom to assemble, protest, and speech. There are more, but I will spare you the length.

I believe in workers' democracy, wherein the proletariat forms and implements economic/government policy - the government would act only as the mouthpiece of the people, and act in its interests. ...*sigh*... I feel as though I'm rambling, I apologize. My mind has been all out of sorts for the past week or so.

I will try to expand on my points at a later date.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.