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I have read some of the works of Marx (not all of it because there is so much of it). And its not a work of art, Marx was more focused on the historical dialectic and proving the inevitability of the failure of capitalism, he didn't really have a plan for communism, even the Communist Manifesto is more just a vague outline mixed with yet another critique of capitalism. The planning of what a communist state (since the abolition of the nation state which Marx also backed is complete garbage) was worked out by later communists. Marx's intelligence was directed towards the past and the present. The future was thought about by people like Lenin, Mao, Castro, etc.
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If you care to go to the trouble of actually understanding the principles behind the system of Communism, you will find that the initial statement I disagreed with in my last post was outrageous, laden with personal opinion, and not accurate. Phrases like
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stupid, slapped togethor, and unworkable
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complete garbage
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do not become you, nor do they make you sound like the intelligent, educated person I am sure you are. Keep in mind the purpose of this forum.
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And by your own admission, China is not Marxist. China is booming because of foreign CAPITAL investment. Cuba was only doing okay when they received generous Soviet aid packages. Now the Cuban people can only buy anything on the black (or as I would call it, free) market, using foreign currency.
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Just because China is not Marxist doesn't mean it isn't communist. Yes, foreign capital is contributing, but so what? It is predicted that China will become the leading economy in the world, partially because of capital investment, but mostly because of distribution of wealth and the size of the population. Cuba is a different story, which I do not know much about, so I'll not pretend and speak like I do.