celticwar17
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1) liberty means different things to different people. Although perhaps misguided, many Vietnamese saw Communism/socialism as a way to free themselves from what they viewed as the oppressive imperialist presence of the French, and later the United States. In their eyes, Communism WAS a chance at freedom. In addition, the vast majority of Communist movements throughout history have been nationalistic in character first and foremost. For the most part they were nationalists first, Communists second.
2) communism doesn't necessarily mean authoritarianism. It depends at what scale, and how, it is being implemented.
I have the same problem with Nationalism.. it tends to deny Liberty as well for the countries interest.
I may be the only one, but i think individual liberty is the ultimate goal in no matter what society. And a lot of the Vietnamese were misled by Communist.
But anyway, Im not gonna really comment on all the different variations on communism, but communism, as it was originally created, takes away it's citizen's right to property, and i am unaware of any other communist variance that doesn't do that and is still considered communism... therefore it is evil by issuing a contract no human can morally sign.
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