# I am a Communist.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-communist/550964 "2010-08-21T09:21:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Commissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@Commissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commissar)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-communist/550964/76 "2010-08-22T07:35:05Z")

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> [@indian](#):
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> > [@Commissar](#):
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> > By “true communism,” do you mean the utopian ideal of a peaceful, prosperous populace without a government? If so, then of course not. I see that as an aspirational guiding principle rather than an actual realistic end state; it is something we should strive for in the knowledge that it is unachievable.
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> > No, my take on a perfect communist system is very close to what the glorious People’s Republic has now achieved. I dream of a system in which people are truly free, in which they are unshackled by wants and deprivations, in which a strong single party carefully manages a centralized economy while allowing private entrepreneurs to fill in some of the blanks.
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> Under what cicrucmstances will you consider emigrating to PRK ?

Er, do you mean the PRC or the DPRK?

If the prior, I am willing to move myself and my family there at the drop of the proverbial pin. The future belongs to them, and I want a piece of the action.

If the latter, then as soon as the Kims are out of power. Communism and nepotism are like capitalism and justice - entirely incompatible.

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