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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 1474 The Communist Cycle
Description: Communism is the political implementation of Marxism, which is an ideology based on altruism: from each according to their ability, to each according to their need. To implement this concept, Marxism proposes that government controls economic factors and ownership of property; that way everyone would be fulfilled, and their would be no wealth inequality. Not considering whether this Utopian ideal is right for everybody, due to basic human nature, it simply can’t work. People act on avarice and greed, rather we like it or not, and ambition requires incentives. Communists are tyrannical about suppressing these negative human attributes with co...