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'''Communism''' is the socioeconomic philosophy that promotes a classless living where every individual works for the betterment of the whole (the "Greater Good", so to speak) and means of production are made the property of the collective rather than any single person. The most influential communist nation in the modern world is China, who rose to the role after the fall of the USSR (By ironically, dissolving its communistic ideas amongst itself and their member nations). In modern global society, it is normally considered impractical and too Utopian to function. This is because the governments who practice it apply communism to the people they govern while keeping themselves at the top of the ladder. Many believe that it cannot exist without great faults and descent into paranoid totalitarianism and thus many people who choose to support it are seen as hypocrisy-prone [[Tau|worthless idealists]] primarily in western nations. As always, human faults prove to be the Achille's heel to another idea....back to the drawing board! One of the main reasons communism has fared poorly is that it prevents individuals from advancing or prospering. If no one prospers then the whole never does, either. It is only enough to maintain itself, but incapable of moving forward at all. Businesses cannot expand, farmers cannot afford more land to grow more food, industry cannot afford to build more factories, etc. | '''Communism''' is the socioeconomic philosophy that promotes a classless living where every individual works for the betterment of the whole (the "Greater Good", so to speak) and means of production are made the property of the collective rather than any single person. The most influential communist nation in the modern world is China, who rose to the role after the fall of the USSR (By ironically, dissolving its communistic ideas amongst itself and their member nations). In modern global society, it is normally considered impractical and too Utopian to function. This is because the governments who practice it apply communism to the people they govern while keeping themselves at the top of the ladder. Many believe that it cannot exist without great faults and descent into paranoid totalitarianism and thus many people who choose to support it are seen as hypocrisy-prone [[Tau|worthless idealists]] primarily in western nations. As always, human faults prove to be the Achille's heel to another idea....back to the drawing board! One of the main reasons communism has fared poorly is that it prevents individuals from advancing or prospering. If no one prospers then the whole never does, either. It is only enough to maintain itself, but incapable of moving forward at all. Businesses cannot expand, farmers cannot afford more land to grow more food, industry cannot afford to build more factories, etc. In an attempt to remedy this, the nation's leaders kick quality control out the window. The result is as obvious as your new house falling to pieces around you due to nails that are far too thin for their job thanks to cutting back on the amount of metal used per nail so more nails could be made in existing factories because no one could afford to build more factories. | ||
It is a sacred law of [[/tg/]] alternate history [[/tg/'s homebrews|homebrew]] settings that there must be at least one communist faction and it must control at least 50% of the world's total landmass. | It is a sacred law of [[/tg/]] alternate history [[/tg/'s homebrews|homebrew]] settings that there must be at least one communist faction and it must control at least 50% of the world's total landmass. | ||
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Communism is the socioeconomic philosophy that promotes a classless living where every individual works for the betterment of the whole (the "Greater Good", so to speak) and means of production are made the property of the collective rather than any single person. The most influential communist nation in the modern world is China, who rose to the role after the fall of the USSR (By ironically, dissolving its communistic ideas amongst itself and their member nations). In modern global society, it is normally considered impractical and too Utopian to function. This is because the governments who practice it apply communism to the people they govern while keeping themselves at the top of the ladder. Many believe that it cannot exist without great faults and descent into paranoid totalitarianism and thus many people who choose to support it are seen as hypocrisy-prone worthless idealists primarily in western nations. As always, human faults prove to be the Achille's heel to another idea....back to the drawing board! One of the main reasons communism has fared poorly is that it prevents individuals from advancing or prospering. If no one prospers then the whole never does, either. It is only enough to maintain itself, but incapable of moving forward at all. Businesses cannot expand, farmers cannot afford more land to grow more food, industry cannot afford to build more factories, etc. In an attempt to remedy this, the nation's leaders kick quality control out the window. The result is as obvious as your new house falling to pieces around you due to nails that are far too thin for their job thanks to cutting back on the amount of metal used per nail so more nails could be made in existing factories because no one could afford to build more factories.
It is a sacred law of /tg/ alternate history homebrew settings that there must be at least one communist faction and it must control at least 50% of the world's total landmass.
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Communism has also provided us with the Russian army, which is awesome.