hello and welcome back to life's biggest questions I'm Ron McKenzie lafurgey the
United States are in a rather turbulent time literally with the left and the
right being increasingly polarized many voices on the right are speaking up
against the possibility that communism could rise in the u.s. many see this as
an extreme and unrealistic overreaction to the ideas being put forth by the far
left but it is certainly interesting to think about so let's explore the
situation and answer the question what if America was communist well to some
this sounds like a fairy tale others believe that this is the direction in
which the country is moving led by the radical left and it's true that the left
is engaging in certain things that could be considered signs of a communist
revolution with many Marxist sentiments on the rise for example some claim that
cultural Marxism has become rather prevalent on the Left this refers to
bringing about changes in attitudes in schools government and media to open the
gates to other Marxist policies and this argument does have its merits many
far-left movements have taken to turning aspects of life into those with power
versus those without power similar to the proletariat's and bourgeoisie of
Marxism however a number of people disagree with this assessment claiming
that they are merely trying to achieve equity or social justice they think that
those accusing the left of cultural Marxism are doing the same thing the
Nazis did when accusing the Jewish people of spreading communism in Germany
either way the fear of the rise of communism remains what's so scary about
communism well it generally just doesn't work at least economic collapse and
often serious violations committed on the people it's often argued that this
is because the idea of communism goes against human nature people generally
aren't interested in doing things for others without a reward and this often
leads to substandard conditions in communist countries eventually it tends
to devolve into a few greedy people taking advantage of others sounds
familiar however many proponents of communism claim that human nature
changes to fit its environment that if it was attempted in a country with an
abundance of resources like the US the citizens would realize the abundance and
be content these people point to other areas where humans denied their selfish
nature such as labour laws and the abolishment of slavery we'd move past
survival of the fittest in some areas moving instead to help those in need
however it's one thing to change a policy in the name of helping others
it's very different to change an entire country over haps
an entire world unfortunately many believe that if America became communist
ik and the rest of the world didn't things would not go
this decision would not only have implications within the US but for other
countries as well America is a global economic powerhouse essentially the king
of capitalism a sudden conversion from a capitalist economy to a socialist system
would have a huge impact on the global economy if the other countries refused
to shift there's a good chance that the world economy would suffer greatly or
else the US would lose a great deal of influence for this reason many believe
that for the US has successfully shift to communism
the rest of the world would need to convert as well this could be achieved
in a few ways the US could reach out and attempt to convince other countries to
transition as well this would be difficult since communism is deemed
unrealistic by most countries another option however is one that has been
attempted several times over the years conversion by force countries like the
Soviet Union and China have attempted to spread communism in the past often using
force to bring about change the US could attempt to spread their communism in
this way bringing about a third world war depending on which countries went
along with the ideological change peacefully this could go either way but
as is true of most wars it would be a terrible thing for the world the fact
remains however that pretty much every example of communism we've seen has gone
rather poorly mass starvation was quite common in these countries in Mao's China
as many as 45 million people died of famine between 1958 and 1962 it's even
led to some highly immoral acts in communist countries with significant
communist nations like the Soviet Union and China slaughtering millions of
innocent people under communist regimes communism essentially requires a group
of people to have incredible amounts of power which tends to lead to the abuse
of set power it is possible that the US would come upon many of these problems
as well although on the other hand the vast abundance of resources in the US
could help to make communism possible however let's imagine that the u.s.
converted to communism and the world followed suit
how might live look in the u.s. well there's a good chance that many of those
currently advancing arguably Marxist policies would be in for a rude
awakening it's unlikely that the Utopia of equality many picture in their ideal
world would come to pass many of those who are most involved in the spread of
far-left policies tend to be rather well-off these people may be
disappointed when their station is decreased in the communist society
particularly if wealth was distributed globally many of the poorest people in
America today are still doing far than many people in Haiti so this could
be good news for Haiti but not so much for the US of A then we return to our
question what if America was communist well it would not be easy
due to his history the u.s. is one of the least likely countries to adopt
communism and even without the history of anti-communist propaganda communism
lack of success in other countries makes it rather unappealing but if for some
reason the US did become communist its abundance of resources could help it to
be the first successful communist country on the other hand it could be
the end of the United States as we know it if the lack of drive to succeed
caused a weakening and crumbling of the economy and if wealth was distributed
globally the people of the United States and many Western countries would be in
for a rude reminder of just how well-off they have been thank you for watching
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