Communism is two things - a faith based, twisted religion aimed at malcontents. And a stepladder for sociopaths to use that army of malcontents to seize power. Neither are actually a structured political ideology.
And considering I was originally an atheist who is now more of an agnostic (who has time these days to care about what other people are doing when it comes to their religion?) seeing the religious fervor of the left wing cult of communism + social justice was the wake-up call I needed to realize I was just dealing with a secular version of a religion leftists made to make up for the emptiness in their souls.
The problem with atheism is that while some individuals are capable of understanding the benefit of moral behavior without a guiding framework, many are not. Every functioning society requires a religious backbone.
"Okay, for the sake of argument, explain how we'd reach this utopia?"
"Communism!"
"Any more details...?"
"Communism!"
Communism is two things - a faith based, twisted religion aimed at malcontents. And a stepladder for sociopaths to use that army of malcontents to seize power. Neither are actually a structured political ideology.
And considering I was originally an atheist who is now more of an agnostic (who has time these days to care about what other people are doing when it comes to their religion?) seeing the religious fervor of the left wing cult of communism + social justice was the wake-up call I needed to realize I was just dealing with a secular version of a religion leftists made to make up for the emptiness in their souls.
The problem with atheism is that while some individuals are capable of understanding the benefit of moral behavior without a guiding framework, many are not. Every functioning society requires a religious backbone.