THE FAILED PROMISES OF COMMUNISM - Pt 1 of 5 (Augustus Classic)

THE FAILED PROMISES OF COMMUNISM: This video was made in connection with the Revolutions of 1989 (also known as the Fall of Communism, the Collapse of Communism, the Revolutions of Eastern Europe and the Autumn of Nations) are the revolutions which overthrew Soviet-style communist states in Eastern-bloc European countries.
The events began in Poland, and continued in Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Romania was the only Eastern-bloc country to overthrow its communist regime violently. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 failed to stimulate major political changes in China, however powerful images of courageous defiance during that protest helped to spark a precipitation of events in other parts of the globe.
Albania and Yugoslavia abandoned communism between 1990 and 1991, the latter splitting into five successor states by 1992: Slovenia, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising Serbia and Montenegro). The Soviet Union was dissolved by the end of 1991, resulting in Russia and 14 new nations that declared their independence from the Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The impact was felt in dozens of socialist countries. Socialism was abandoned in countries such as Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Mongolia. The collapse of communism led commentators to declare the end of Cold War.
The adoption of varying forms of market economy generally resulted in rising living standards in post-Communist States, together with side effects including the rise of business oligarchs in countries such as Russia, and disproportional social and economic development. Political reforms were varied; in many countries communist institutions were able to keep themselves in power, such as the People's Republic of China, while for other states various emerging political parties succeeded. Many communist and socialist organisations in the West turned their guiding principles over to social democracy. The European political landscape was drastically changed, with numerous Eastern Bloc countries joining NATO and stronger European economic and social integration entailed. Furthermore, continued economic reforms in the People's Republic of China also began the country's rise as a global economic powerhouse

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[hyphens]

7 "Occupiers" disliked the truth

[azandhind4eva]

@LatinAmerican2010 '' insanity, greed, hatred, envy, revenge, thirst for power causing persecutions, blackmail, harrassment & rape.''sounds like capitlaism/it doesnt look like society today ''IDEAL''.ppl are corrupt.

[amamerc]

"[Crude communism] wishes to eliminate talent, etc., by force . . . The role of worker is not abolished but extended to all men. The relation of private property remains the relation of the community to the world of things . . . This communism, which negates the personality of man in every sphere is . . . Universal envy setting itself up as a power, is only camouflaged form of cupidity which re-establishes itself and satisfies itself in a different way."

Marx, Private Property & Communism, 1844

[gooddaver]

I guess no system is better in absolutes, Communism OR Capitalism!

[16ChocolateHearts]

do you think that maybe communism was beneficial for Russia... I mean look at the state it is in now...

[LatinAmerican2010]

@hectorbolshevik -There are no decent Stalinists-promoters one 1 party, 1 leader, militarism, vertical authorithy, censorship, imposed ideology, opporession, torture and immesurable abuse of power. Your type of societies were NOT designed for humanity, for our species is plagued by horrible defects, and totalitarian systems CANNOT deliver the ideal societies because of insanity, greed, hatred, envy, revenge, thirst for power causing persecutions, blackmail, harrassment & rape. You're monsters!

[LatinAmerican2010]

@hectorbolshevik -First of all, I question any church because I am a radical atheist! My definition of a communist is much more strict. Beforehand, let's defragment the term, it has 2 components: an economic one (Marxism) & a political (Leninist). While I do not necessarily oppose some Marxist views & believe in the evolution of societs (capitalism-socialism-"true communism"), I stronly oppose Leninism: 1 PARTY, 1 Leader, Milatarism, Ideological purity imposed, censorship, oppression & hipocrisy

[hectorbolshevik]

@LatinAmerican2010: " The only way to fight TOTALITARIAN COMUNIST TYRANTS is to utilize their VERY WEAPONS to DESTROY them"

I rest my case. What defines a "communist"? A labor activist who raises unfair work issues, a pacifist who speaks out against military rule, a progressive who questions the church? Take your pick, kid.

[hectorbolshevik]

@LatinAmerican2010: Well, the Stalinists were at least decent enough to be honest about it, and not tell you the you had the right to vote with a soldier standing behind you making sure you voted for the military or else. Brazil is no longer a dictatorship, yet the "dictatorship" in Cuba still remains. Go figure. Right-wing dictatorships were never temporary, to "clean up the red filth" as you put it. They were toppled in one form or another by their people.

[LatinAmerican2010]

@hectorbolshevik - The measures mentioned by you "censorship, secret police, and military" in Brazil were INFINITLY MILDER than it would have been under any obnoxious communist ASSASIN who might have come to power under any FILTHY Leninist regime. In addition, Authoritarian Right wing governments were all TEMPORARY (easy to get rid of) & INDISPENSIBLE to CLEAN UP the region from the RED FILTH.  The only way to fight TOTALITARIAN COMUNIST TYRANTS is to utilize their VERY WEAPONS to DESTROY them