Re: Fw: human rights and national sovereignty

Konstantin Borodinsky wrote:

> > > If you ever read Karl Marx, you will know that democracy was supposed to
> > > exist in communism. However, communism is just another system, subject to
> > > corruption, especially when there is the need to protect its sovereignty.
> > > This is what happened in the very beginning of the Communist Revolution of
>
> > > 1917. China is another example and Cuba too. Therefore, it seems to me, to
>
> > > devise a non-system where there is no sovereignty to protect other than
> for
> > > the individual. That is why, I would hope that our future world would be
> 180
> > > degrees the opposite of today: mutually co-operative, self-sustainable
> small
> > > communities. Where relationship supercedes materialism in the human
> hierarchy
> > > of values. As well as co-operation vs. competition.. Where consensus is
> used
> > > as the basis for group decisions. This is the most democratic form that I
> > > know of.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tom O (bagelhole1)
>  ***
>  I'd be curious to know of at least one successful example of practical
>  implementation of this idea. It needs just a trifle - radical change of human
> nature.

        Practical implementation of pure communism is only realistically
practical on a small scale.  Once again, as it tries to expand in scope, it will
corrupt and turn into something else.  By its very nature, communism cannot work
on a large scale.  But I would be curious to see just what would be necessary to
possibly make it work on a large scale.

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