[quote=AN][quote=CA renter]All is correct about about the economic system not being communist if private individuals are allowed to own these companies.[/quote]I’m not talking about economic system. I’m talking about communism tend to breed corruption and allow it to run rampant. Just look at all the real life examples. I’m not here to discuss theories.[/quote]
How so? What evidence do you have to support this? Saying you have “[first] hand experience” doesn’t cut it. Why is communism more prone to corruption than other systems? Isn’t it that systems which have shunned communism for capitalism subsequently see an increase in corruption? Which countries are communist? China? Vietnam? Laos? Cuba? North Korea? According to the Corruption Index only two of those are in the bottom 25% most corrupt countries, and one of them is North Korea, a totalitarian dictatorship, so hardly a credible contender. When I was studying in Soviet Russia, it always struck me how righteous both the West and Russia were. How can two opposing systems lay equal claim to the mantle of (superior) righteousness? The problem with convictions is always that the more tightly they are held, the more obtuse and discriminating they make the holder. I think you’ll find that corruption owes its existence more to the human condition than purely political formations.
