Communism

Communism

IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO CREATE A BRAND-NEW POLITICAL PARTY OR RELIGION, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE AND WHY?

Looking at the number of political parties in Slovakia, it seems like Slovaks do not know what to do with their free time, so they create new political parties. Celebrities, retired politicians and even ordinary people who have suddenly come out of nowhere – all these people have recently created several political parties. Would I want to become one of them?

Firstly, let me introduce my idea of a political party: I would like to create a new communist party. Yes, I know what people think about communists and I fully understand the reasons behind those opinions. Looking into the past, trying to establish communism has never ended well so far. Or has it?

You see, the problem here is one of the key features of communism, which is no private property. People are egoistic and they want to be better than others and, more importantly, own more than others. But if one owns more, the other has to own less, which inevitably leads to poverty and differentiation into classes. This is one of the biggest advantages of communism: Everybody is equal – nobody has anything, yet everyone has everything. This principle wipes off bullying and brings people closer together.

However, communism counts on people who are willing to sacrifice their own well-being in order to achieve the well-being of others. People usually do not want to give their money to strangers and the same applies to communistic sharing of resources – one has to be of an extreme generousness and modesty to be willing to share everything he has with others.

But there are some small Jewish communities where communism works, and the reason why is because people know each other and that way they do not have problems with sharing what they have. But how about a real-life example of communism that is more familiar to us? Well, every marriage (and that way every family) is based on communism – family members share the same budget, everything in the household is shared and even children are told by their parents that „sharing is caring“.

To sum up, I think communism is a wonderful idea which, on a global scale, we do not deserve to have. We are simply not human enough to put this utopian idea into practice globally. Nevertheless, it can still be put to use in our smaller communities and, moreover, in our way of thinking – we can all be nicer, share things with others and live our lives in a more altruistic way. That is where I would like to create my brand-new communist party – in our hearts and minds.