Reply #18: communism all the way. [View All]

[DetroitProle]

Even in practice, in history, communism has meant progress.
The Soviet Union, in less than a generation, became industrialized and educated. In a few decades, the nation went from over 97% peasant to a primarily urban nation. Literacy rates went from single digits to near 100%. Education was totally free and available.
Also, communism(I am speaking of Soviet-style), work was available to anyone willing to work. You could get a job and obtain at least the bare minimum standard of living. In the United States, sadly, this is certainly NOT true.
Another huge difference is discrimination. Under the Soviet Union, women achieved the same rights in less than a decade that American women fought for over a century for. Communism has certainly been brutal. But brutality has not been based on race but on class.
Of course, there are essentially the only human achievements of communism. But it certainly beats religious fascism.