Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00235)

Frank Reitemeyer wrote:
> Communism is a high degree of
> Freemansonry and that's the reason why all communistic states have
> the masonic signs in their flags, like Russia, China etc.
Communism is, ultimately, a good system. It is simply not a workable 
system, and the proponents of Communism can only support it as an ideal 
for when humanity is changed, or to ignore the current state of reality 
and pretend it is something else.

Here is the basic flaw in Communism. It is based on everybody working 
as well as they can, and everybody getting what they need. When you have 
a dedicated group, where everybody trusts each other, Communism works 
(certain Roman Catholic monastic groups have been effectively Communist 
for centuries; The Kibbutz system in Israel worked well until the level 
of effort to just stay alive was no longer necessary).

Because as soon as you have a case where somebody says, "That person 
could be doing more work!", or, "That person is getting more than they 
need!", the system falls apart. Not immediately. But a job is created: 
Those who decide whether people are working up to capacity, and that 
people are getting only what they need. And the people who will work the 
hardest to get this job will be the most corruptible, the most selfish, 
the people who are least qualified to perform this job. And the system 
sinks into despotism, and anybody who publicly recognizes what is going 
on is declared insane, and treated as such.

Any current political system built on the assumption that selfishness 
doesn't exist (or, for that matter, that altruism doesn't exist) is 
doomed to fail.

Bart