How many dictators like Mao and Stalin does it take for everyone to know communism = terror?

[Reach]

Name one thing under capitalism that has done so much terror to its people as Hitler alone? And I mean something free enterprise did, not the political game in Washington, the KKK (you really think the KKK were capitalisms doings? Get real, Margaret Sanger, an ant capitalist and racist, had a role and a pleasure in the KKK), or during a war (which I don't apologize for nuking Japan, it was a war and we play to win, in addition we helped them rebuild so relax). And don't tell me you can't get ahead in America, millionaires and dreams are made every day. Watching TV and twittering all day might be why you’re not ahead. Not to mention the fact that America is the most generous country in world history. You think you could get ahead in a communistic society where you can own nothing and are killed if you speak out against the government? Lennon's image sounds warm and fuzzy doesn't it? I'm not saying capitalism is perfect, and that's the point, it's not trying to be a utopia only found in fiction, capitalism, with all its warts, has outlasted all of the despot bastards throughout history.

Communism is unrealistic of human beings, asking us to own nothing and keep our mouths shut. It's ironic how communist activist cry and moan about whatever it is keeping them up at night, when we see every day like in Libya or Egypt what happens to people who protest, they get fired upon, we, capitalist, are always the ones booting these S.O.Bs out of power. And where’s our thanks? Picasso, a communist, could paint anything he wished in America, if he painted an ugly piece about Stalin, he’d be hung no doubt. Communist = death tolls ever time, meanwhile in capitalism all you have to complain about is your boss being paid more than you, boohoo, how much do you think the government pays you under a communist regime? And in closing, under capitalism, free speech has synchronized quite well, unlike our little red foe. No system is completely fair obviously, but so far capitalism has a pretty good track record for allowing the pursuit of happiness.

[steephoney098]

For some on the left, no number would be high enough.

[George Clinton]

Hitler was certainly not a communist. He was a fascist with a sort of socialist economic system. He was as far right as you get socially.

Also, as I allude to above, there is a big difference between economic systems and social ideals.

[Jim]

A huge majority already know according to a recent rasmussen poll.

11% of Likely U.S. Voters think communism is morally superior to the U.S.

four percent (4%) say communist economies work better.

Ten percent (10%) say communism is a better option than the U.S. System of politics and economics for the middle class worker.

Why would you go on such a rant about an obvious thing?

[SpaceAce]

Communism doesn't equal dictatorships, censorship and poverty. It's not communism that leads to these things, it's these things that have led to communism. People (and especially the workers) were sick of the greedy factory bosses and demanded more rights and better wages, that's how socialism sort of started, as a solution to the oppression of the lower classes.

Over time it evolved into communism, which really is something entirely different. Basically, communism is an extreme form of socialism, often combined with the oppression of the people to make sure this system cannot be challenged and overthrown by the people. It works great in theory, everyone is equal and no-one is poor. Unfortunately communism has always had bad leaders that oppress the people and ruin this system.

The point I'm trying to make here, is that it's not the fault of socialism and communism, it's the fault of bad leadership and problems that were already there. And in the case of Russia, well it has always had bad and oppressive leaders.

P.S. Hitler wasn't a socialist..He hated communists, possibly even more than he hated jews.