Originally Posted by bbattle
I thought the Amish communities were pretty close to "true" communism. Funny how Marx said communism would begin in industrialized nations like Britain when in fact, Russia, China, Cuba, etc. were anything but industrialized.
Well, communism essentially require industrialization before it can happen, capitalism, rather than a sort of serfitude/feudal land ownership system, is a prerequisite.
This is one of the primary reasons for the downfall of the soviet union. They did remarkably well with what they had, but having no true industrialization prior to the revolution, and having to fight multiple wars against a world that is trying to stomp your brains out put a damper on things.
That and stalin. Had Trotsky become the head of the party after lenin, the soviet union would most likely still be around today.