[If he wasn't truthed into talking, he'd deflect. But he is truthed into talking, so sit tight, Hiccup.]
The Soviet Union was comprised of several republics. Most did not want to be there. I'm Lithuania--at the time, I was the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, unwillingly part of the Soviet Union. On a large scale, Communism is--to put it mildly, because I know you're thinking idealistically by the way you describe it--hopelessly idealistic. People simply work better, from what I have experienced, when they are able to earn rewards based on effort. If a great amount of effort and a small amount earn the same reward, why put in a lot of effort?
The solution in the Soviet Union was that nothing was actually equal, and punishment for failing, for rebellion against something we did not want, for doing anything contrary to what Russia wanted, was severe.
You don't want to be what Mayfield considers a Communist.
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Date: 2011-07-18 04:12 am (UTC)The Soviet Union was comprised of several republics. Most did not want to be there. I'm Lithuania--at the time, I was the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, unwillingly part of the Soviet Union. On a large scale, Communism is--to put it mildly, because I know you're thinking idealistically by the way you describe it--hopelessly idealistic. People simply work better, from what I have experienced, when they are able to earn rewards based on effort. If a great amount of effort and a small amount earn the same reward, why put in a lot of effort?
The solution in the Soviet Union was that nothing was actually equal, and punishment for failing, for rebellion against something we did not want, for doing anything contrary to what Russia wanted, was severe.
You don't want to be what Mayfield considers a Communist.