Thread: Communism: Do Russians think the USSR was communist?

Originally Posted by hddscan

You are right if you take a point of view of a particular individual in society.
From a government point of view you are not quite right.
The more "unsoicialistic" a country is the more inequality you would find in society of that country. If you don't deal with inequality you would get a revolution, eventually.

Interesting point, I didn't look at it that way. Yeah, if there are too many freeloaders who get really poor, it all may explode in a revolution against the successful people. But then, if a government gets too socialist and starts taking away too much from people to keep freeloaders afloat, the successful people will arrange a coup just the same way. Either way, the government is taken down, so if it wants to stay in the office, a balance is important.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

But then, if a government gets too socialist and starts taking away too much from people to keep freeloaders afloat, the successful people will arrange a coup just the same way.

I guess we will see if it's true in Germany.