1. What's your understanding of Democracy?

While most people I know believe that democracy is a system in which the majority rules I generally disagree. I believe that democracy is not for giving the majority what it wants but for giving everybody a choice and making the system fair for everyone.

2 What's your understanding of Communism?

Communism as I see it is an economic system in which the government owns all large-scale business and regulates smaller businesses in order to ensure economic equality for all people. I do not believe in the stereotypical view of Communism as a political system of oppression and totalitarianism like most other Americans.

3. What's your understanding of Capitalism?

Being an American interested in history I have seen what true Capitalism is. An economic system in which privately owned business is allowed to flourish with no restrictions or interference from the government whatsoever. I've seen images and text that portray the filth and greed that this causes, and it's terrible.

4. What's your understanding of Fascism?

Fascism is a political system in which a single group of people hold total power over a government and promote a culture of militarism, imperialism, and ultranationalism. Usually coupled with racism, although not always.

5. Make a list of the all human rights you consider essential

If I were to do this we would be here all day. I simply agree with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and American Bill of Rights along with the Right of Consumption; the right for people to consume any substance, mind altering or otherwise, they wish as that is their choice.

6. What's your understanding of Freedom?

Freedom is not a system in which governments give rights to people but one in which people have the ability to choose what they wish to do with their lives, body, and mind.

7. What's your understanding of Equality?

Equality is not giving everyone the same amount of property or money but giving them all the same opportunity to pull themselves to whatever standard they wish.

8. What's your understanding of a prosperous society?

A prosperous society is one in which there is little suffering amongst the people, there is peace between the nation and other nations, there is a wealth of culture and art, and freedom is held by all.

9. What's your stance towards the environment?

The environment is one of the most important things we as humans must address. We have one planet, Earth, and we lack the technological ability to bring another world to a standard we require to survive. Global climate change, deforestation, the extinction of species; while we may not all agree on these things I think it is important that we as humans recognize our impact on the world and work to make sure it is a little as possible.

10. What's your understanding of Socialism?

Socialism is the middle ground between Capitalism and Communism. It allows privately owned business and property, although there is also lots of regulations and state owned enterprises as well. It allows people the equal opportunity to succeed and through that success help others both directly and indirectly.

It just occoured to me as nothing in these is wrong, since it says "what are views of (blank)"

Unless your a radicalist douchebag (cough cough) Zealot (cough cough) who oppresses their beliefs on others. (not saying you do that, just insulting your radicaliness)

(radicalism is bad)

This is suposed to be to clarify what your understandings are. They can be wrong and that's what this thread is for.

I'm not trying to impose my views, I'm simply speaking with the truth, that's all. There are some things that are entirely subjective and others that are objecive. Communism, democracy and other terms are not subjective they have an objective definition. Whether they're good or bad, that is subjective and it's a whole different debate. And even subjective things can be wrong when based on false premises.

Radicalism stands for going back to the roots of phenomena to achieve their understanding. If you think doing that is bad and you oppose what is bad, then you should be a staunch enemy of science and logic.

What you, and the majority of the site thinks is wrong or right. In America communism is bad, and the people that say that are just telling the truth do you know how many Ignorant capitalists have said that to me? or how many Christians have told me Christ is real, theirs no argument, its just true. all of these people show their own proof, as you do, and have numerous supporters. but dose that make them right?.

what makes you any different? infact, most of these people would be considered more credible.

The question with freedom isn't who has the right to take my freedom away but who has the power to do so. Telling me I cannot drink alcoholic beverages until I am 21 years of age does not stop me from doing so. I don't recognize the government's right to tell me what I can and cannot do with my body, so if they wish to enforce their laws on me then they must physically do so.

As you can kind of see I am more of a philosopher than a political activist. More of a Marx than a Lenin, in better terms. Though Marx wasn't really a philosopher...

Anyways I think I catch your drift. It took me a minute to go from philosophy mode to politics mode, but I got there.

Zealot, The world does not work on definitions. It works on belief. Communism as a definition is just dandy. But guess what? Even the best planned and purposeful "communist" revolts have turned into nothing but an oppressive state-capitalist industrial powerhouse that eventually collapses under the weight of its own government. The largest enemy to the world revolution Lenin so wished for was ironically his own damn party.

I respectfully ask you to no longer post in these threads in an attempt to tear down opinions. Post to teach them of their wrong ways but do not see them as wrong and know nothing. I am from America and almost every word you type has been wrong according to what I have been taught since I was first able to understand the world around me enough to think about such things. It will take much more then arrogance to tear down 18 years of belief, however wrong it may be.

lol well apparently our reeducation camps are inferior to the one Zealot went to.. better food I guess.