Communists believe in economic equality, where everyone in a society gets equal shares of
the benefits derived from labor.
They believe in wealth distribution, a classless society.
This society is what karl marx described as a perfect utopia.
But what if communism took over, so that the whole world became communist?
That’s the question we’re asking today on life’s biggest questions.
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Karl Marks, the father of communism, wrote the communist manifesto in 1848.
His manifesto was what lead to the formation of the communist party.
Karl marx believed that In a perfect world, there would be no such thing as poverty.
There would be no such thing as classes.
In a perfect world, There would be no such thing as greed.
But we don’t live in a perfect world, do we.
The majority of the worlds wealth is in the hands of 0.6 percent of the global population.
and The 42 richest people in the world hold almost 40 percent of the world’s wealth.
Karl marx died before any of his theories could be tested.
If the world was communist, it would have meant that in order to become communist, we
would have had to overthrow all existing governments that are currently emplace.
Karl marx said that there must be a complete and total destruction of the existing government.
Once the existing government was overthrown, a dictator or group of leaders gain control
over the working class people, all the working class people in the world.
The new government now has complete control over the education, the religion, employment
and even marriages of working class people.
Depending on who this dictator or group of people were, their values would likely be
the norm for everyone.
They would decide what you learned in school, regardless of whether or not it was correct.
Most people would likely follow one religion.
And gay marriages?
Yeah, forget about it.
Unless we got lucky with a particularly liberal dictator, they probably aren’t going to
be down for same sex marriages.
That doesn’t mean that same sex couples wouldn’t exist, but they would likely have
to exist in secret.
The leader or leaders would then take control of all property and all wealth, and redistribute
it among the people.
Sure, this might be nice for a while.
It would be great if all people had their basic needs fulfilled.
If all people didn’t have to worry about putting food on the table or finding a place
to sleep at night, that would remove quite a bit of stress.
We would all live in government housing, where one person’s belongings are the same as
the next.
It might be nice to live in a world that wasn’t so consumer driven.
Sometimes I feel like I’m a slave to advertisements, it would be nice to just to get back to basics
and only be concerned with the necessities.
But the government initiative to provide basic necessities for the masses would lose steam
within the first couple of decades.
Its highly likely that if the government took control of the wealth, there would probably
be widespread starvation and famine within the first 30 years.
We know this because in societies that have attempted communism, like in the Soviet Union,
North Korea and Maoist China, governments are unable to provide basic needs to their
citizens long term.
If the world was communist, it would mean all products would be controlled by the state.
This is another one of karl marx principles.
If the state controlled all products, it means that if you wanted to create your own business
where you produce your own products, you wouldn’t be able to.
There would be no such thing as a self-made entrepreneur.
Sure, maybe the government would employ inventors who would solve every day problems.
But its quite possible that if the state controlled all products and businesses, our society might
not be as technologically advanced.
If the world was communist, there wouldn’t be much incentive for people to do well, other
than to help their fellow man.
And Lets face it, humans are greedy.
They are attracted to wealth and social status, and its always been that way, it’s primal.
Even animals have a social hierarchy, the social hierarchy of humans is just more complex.
If the world was communist, it would also mean that the government would take control
of all public services.
In many areas of the world with government owned systems, the quality of services goes
down.
Hospitals might not have the best equipment.
Infrastructure wont be maintained well because lets be realistic it takes forever for the
government to do anything as it is, let alone if they were responsible for everyone and
everything.
If the world was communist, there would be no democracy.
If you had a problem with your government, you would not be allowed to talk about it,
at least not in public.
If you disagreed with the government, you could be punished.
As we have seen in the past, those who disagreed with Vladimir Lenin were sent to worker camps.
A communist world would definitely be a difficult thing to adjust to, and there would probably
be uprisings, and therefore retaliation from the state.
Would everything be terrible if the world was communist?
Well, maybe not entirely.
Sure you would have to maintain a certain level of good work, but you wouldn’t have
to bust your ass, and why would you.
With no obligation to work exceptionally hard, there would be less societal pressures to
do well.
Education would be free, so more people would have university degrees.
Housing would be free so you wouldn’t have to worry about where your next rent check
is coming from.
It would definitely be nice if communism worked, but its been demonstrated that it doesn’t
work in the long term.
If the entire world became communist, the reality is, millions would die of starvation
and a lack of basic needs, as well as poor government programs like hospitals.
Eventually after the world had enough, they would overthrow the government and things
would go back to a traditional market system.
So there you have it, but now I open the question to you, because even though I am your omniscient
narrator that appears to have the answer to everything, I don’t.
So did you agree with me, did you not?
Why don’t you let me know in those comments and lets keep the discussion going.
What do you think would happen if the world was communist.
For now I’m going to respond to some comments from my last video, how could you defeat a
titanoboa snake.
Vincent – chop its head off…
roast it with a flame thrower.
Well that escalated quickly.
Yoshi cool – what if titanoboa fought megalodon.
We actually already did this topic, are you really that surprised?
Hand Prankz – just play lady gaga albums that will surely kill it.
hey I like lady gaga ok.
Dinomarino Delfin – if the titanoboa had not been extinct, I would like it as a pet.
I think its quite possible your pet would eat you.
Anime Theory – titanoboa is the ceo of life’s biggest questions.
For some reason this comment made me laugh out loud so thanks for that.
The ceo is actually landon dowlatsign Jared romayo – what if my mom and dad never
had a divorce.
Well, then I would assume they would still be married.
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