To: xm177e2
"Russia technically isn't communist..."
Communism is a way of life, not red banners. As any way of life, it is characterized by how people relate to one another and to their society in socially important situations (so, saying "Gesundheit!" or its equivalent in any language does not count as similarity. But brown-nosing and backstabbing, or their relative prevalence, does).
Given this understanding, Russia is communist, has always been communist since its beginnings in 9 th century, and will continue being communist as long as it is going to exist, if only because there is neither experience nor even conceptual framework for its being or becoming anything else but a communist society.
13 posted on
08/15/2004 2:46:15 PM PDT by
GSlob
To: GSlob
Interesting. I would say Communist is a type of governance, while what you are describing would be considered a communal ideology, like Mennonites live and teach.
20 posted on
08/15/2004 3:03:28 PM PDT by
aft_lizard
(I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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