Communism in Vietnam (1 Viewer)

[ArgueEverything]

I never said Marx wanted Lawyers and Janitors to be paid the same. That is a modern day interpretation, that is what communist governments do when they get into power.
The poor are getting poorer, the rich are getting richer.
Class struggle.

No, that's not what "communist" governments do when they get into power at all. They've made incomes for different professions more equal, perhaps, but they have never completely equalised them. In fact, in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, the income disparity between doctors and cleaners was greater than in the United States.

Also, if you're theory was correct, you'd expect there to be an acute shortage of doctors in "communist" countries - since why would any want to train to be a doctor if they got paid the same as a cleaner? And yet Cuba somehow produces the most doctors per capita in the world. (the reasons, of course, are 1) doctors ARE paid more than cleaners in "communist" cuba and 2) people are obviously motivated by more than just monetary factors in choosing a career.)

 

[katie_tully]

fuck me.

what im saying is that his theory "class struggle" is correct. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer.

 

[Generator]

Communism is meant to be about equity, not equality.

Edit: A pointless post, but seeing as though nobody seems to have clarified the issue in a concise manner...