https://www.facinghistory.org/weimar-republic-fragility-democracy/politics/communist-party-platform-politics-political-party-platforms
Communist platform:
"We are committed to the overthrow of the presently existing, oppressive Republic and all of its economic and social institutions.
We favor:
The abolition of private property.
The establishment of land reform programs, so that the government can take over the land and distribute it for the common good.
Government ownership of all industrial productive forces, so that they can be run for the benefit of the people rather than the capitalists.
A foreign policy that regards the Soviet Union as an ally against capitalism.
To the German people: The cause of your misery is the fact that French, British, and American capitalists are exploiting German workers to get rich themselves. Germans, unite to get rid of this terrible burden."
I know some person created a 'term' for politicians being compared to Hitler
Maybe I can make one for when political parties are compared to communists,,,,
though, there is a similar rhetoric using fear tactics and blaming outsiders for all manner of things,,,which seems common to a certain party
even still, as to the totality of the communist party, we are still a country mostly supportive of individual wealth which we learned to attribute to merit , which keeps most in support of the classism that keeps a small percentage at the top with the wealth and the power and the rest struggling,, and neither party really does alot to dismantle this type of corporatocracy as it would fly in the face of the supposed American Ideal of 'freedom'....both sides support the idea that people should be FREE to acquire wealth individually
Edited by
msharmony
on Wed 06/07/17 10:26 AM