Good lord, and any criticism of an authoritarian communist government and they expose just how much they love the taste of boots.

“authoritarian communist” is an oxymoron to begin with. how can you build a society where everyone is equal by enforcing authority

Well, every so called communist government has been one, so there are examples…

Thanks for making my point.

I mean don’t you prove his point, by pointing out that all governments that call themselves communist are “so called communist governments”? So they aren’t doing communism right, else they could call themselves rightfully communist.

I do share the notion that communism is an ideology or economic system that is supposed to liberate people from class war. So it should be a liberating force. Suppressing dissent, free media, and casually engaging in imperialism and ethnic cleansing is not what I’d imagine a liberating government would do.

Obviously democracies with “free markets” also have these pitfalls. Not to say that both are equally wrong, but both are surely not the implementation of its self proclaimed ideals.