Marx was in great support of communism, but not in the sense that everything is bad and it's an evil thing like people tend to think of it today. Marx's view on communism was basically that everyone gives what they can when they can and takes what they need when they need. Everyone should share everything and that tends to scare us in the capitalist society. We highly dislike the thought that nothing is strictly ours in the sense of private property, which is one of the two basic issues that Marx adresses with capitalism. Private property and the division of only two classes are the biggest issues in capitalism.
I think that communism in the sense that Marx intended would likely be a better way to live since we wouldn't have to fight over the right to different things. The Indians are a great example of what I think Marx's version of communism was supposed to be. The Indians didn't stake claims to land and food and items -- to them, everything belonged to the earth so they shared everything. They were a very peaceful people and lead peaceful lives until they were forced to live the way people from the capitalist society made them live.
Thinking of communism in this way, would you rather live in a capitalist or communist society?
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