-182 People who like the idea of anarchy can't also dislike the ideas behind communism. Communism is the government forcing everyone to share, and anarchy is having no government to stop people from "sharing". They're rather similar, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If there was no government to stop people, I think they'd be stealing, not sharing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, it's still sharing just forced sharing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My point is that in communism, the government forces all to share so that people are equal. In anarchy, there are no laws or leadership of any kind. The "forced sharing" that would take place would not be sharing at all, seeing as it would make one person more powerful. Thus, it would be stealing and could not be called sharing at all.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So, people who don't like 115°F weather have to like -20°F weather?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So forcing people to share and not stopping people from sharing are the same thing? Also, I don't the possibility of unrestricted sharing is the main appeal behind anarchy. Not for most people, anyway.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Also, I don't think*

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Communism = Forced equality. Anarchy = nothing forced at all Forced equality ≠ Nothing forced at all Therefore, Communism ≠ Anarchy There. Math and government lesson all in one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

ono

by Anonymous 12 years ago

they are two opposite extremes...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In true communism, there is no government, only a society of workers who equally share.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...This post and these comments helped me do my homework.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, at least my incorrect thoughts have helped someone. My work here is done. xD

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Anarchy is no government, communism is government. Complete opposites

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Anarchy is actually a wide range of beliefs piled under the same title. Anarcho-Communism actually exists as an ideology, for the record. If you take primitive anarchy and compare it to communism then indeed they would be similar because there would be no property(the defining point of anarchism, by the by). However, modern anarchy is mostly about freedom(from the state, from the market, from whatnot), whilst Communism has always been about enforcement. What they do have in common is that neither work. Anarchism is an OK thing to pursue as an individual or community, but it would never survive as a de facto government. Communism also doesn't work, as the supressed people of the 20th Century will tell you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you know the teachings of Marx at all!? Marx didn't what communism to have any government at all, he wanted life to be like life directly after the ice age (when mankind was equal). So whoever posted this your right they are somewhat equal. Russian communism is not the true definition of communism.

by Anonymous 12 years ago