The Communist Party: Gentle at heart.

[Mantralord]

As you all know, I joined the Communist Party, and have since unjoined because my membership was really intended as sorta a satiristic parody on the typical Democrat/Republican bunch of whining pussies. While I do believe in some of the communist views, such as nerfing the overpaid classes and looking out for the people (which is really the heart of communism, not the currupt bullshit we usually see; communism is meant to defend YOUR ass), it's not the party for me, at least not in this country. Since then I've joined the Independent party, which is more to my liking. However, I didn't expect the great service these guys give. These guys are like my brothas. My experience with everything was swift and was done by a live person who promptly answered any of my questions.

Pretty much the only automated part of the whole deal was registering on their site (www.cpusa.org). So I did; a week passed without any replies and I have somewhat put the whole thing in the back of my mind. Then I recieved an email with some lady asking me if I wish to continue processing the application, and any other questions I may have. This was cool since I expected one of those "click this link to verify" automated shit emails. So I replied and within a few hours, she had processed my account and added me to a list of events and members who I can communicate with. Apparently the whole point of this party is not to be some crazy politically active zealot, but to simply make friends. These people want to talk, they want to share the ideas which so many resent.

Well, it turns out I live in an area more or less isolated from any party headquarters. The nearest one is a 1 1/2 hour drive to Miami. However, they personally emailed me and (knowing by their own knowledge that I live far away from a headquarter) gave me the exact details on how to get to each place. Awesome. Anyway, I continue to talk to this lady and she says there are meetings around each month, depending on the location. She's like my own personal secretary, I swear.

So a few days later, they send me a free copy of Marxist Monthly (some awesome communist magazine), and some other subscription magazines which didn't seem as important. But what amazed me was the effort they put into making sure I recieved the thing. My name and address were hand printed, no automated machine shit, and they put no less than *FIVE* stamps on it. Keep in mind they sent it from another city in Florida, no need for all those stamps. Woah. Now that's what I call service.

So it's been a week since I last talked to her, and so I decided after the first piece of mail, it was time to cancel my membership. So I emailed her, and got a reply within hours. She even asked "why so soon? if it's distance you're concerned about, don't worry, there's a lot of others who live in isolated places." She fucking remembered who I was. I mean, sure, she could have just pulled up a database and somehow gotten that info, but all the evidence so far suggests that these guys do everything personally. So I tell her some bullshit reason like my parents don't like the party or something. She replies with "aww, i'm sorry to hear that, but if there's anything i can do please just ask. do you really want to unjoin?" I say yes. And just like that, BAM! I'm off.

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This is the best service I have ever gotten from anyone. I mean, given the semi-moderate amount of members they might have to deal with, I thought there would be no time for personal chat with little old me. But there was. The whole point of the party is communication and making friends, not rubbing communism in other's faces. Can you say the same for the busy busy Republican or Deomocrat parties?

Some day I might just join them again. China is a great example of a proper communist governement. Sure, they hate gays there, but I'd give up homosexuality to have that sort of government. So, if you're tired of the typical whining Democrats or the asshole Republicans, why not join a different party? Might I suggest, even, the Communist Party?

[Thanatos]

No, no you may not.

[Xenn]

Communism is cool actually. It's sad how many ignorant fools associate communism with nazism.

And how many people believe America is a democracy.

And how many people believe America is great because we're such intelligent hard-workers.

[DaFrigginDoctah]

I've already joined!

[!King_Amazon!]

You should have asked her to come over and give you some booty just to see if she would.

[!King_Amazon!]

Communism is a cool idea, but it doesn't work.

The closest thing to pure communism that was almost successful that I know of was Utopian Communities in the US, but they didn't work due to bad leadership.

[Penny_Bags]

Early Christian communities in the Middle East and Rome were purely communist.

[Mantralord]

Communism works, look at China! Though communism doesn't fix small penises, apparently.

[Kuja`s #1]

China is more of a dictatorship. They maintain the typical opressive regime, but have given away most government ownership to make way for free enterprise. They're communists by name only.

Not to mention, communism can only be achieved after years of hardship. Lenin had gone temporarily insane when he declared the Bolsheviks the "communist party."

I would join, if I was old enough.

One post, and your out!!!

[WetWired]

Communism is great in theory, but in fact there is no incentive to achive. Why work harder when everyone gets paid the same? It's great that the government is looking out for everybody, but in the end it gets abused worse than US government aid.

[Kuja`s #1]

Stupid Conservative. You believe in suply-side economics?

[Mantralord]

I have my own theory for a modified communism. What I suggest is a sort of "lottery" for innovation. Kinda like the Anasazi X Prize, where if you invent something useful, you get a large sum of money.

And I suppose the government would keep a list of things that "need" to be invented/done. This is just a simple idea I have right now, it would probably need more failsafe laws in order to not be abused, but I think it's a good idea to pay people who actually deserve it rather than the democratic way of paying people for what the public thinks is good for them (overpaid actors, etc.)

I suppose there could be a voting system for things that need to be done.

[WetWired]

But the thing is that it effects productivity in all areas. Your prize does nothing to inspire the line worker to decrease his average cycle time.

[Sovereign]

I knew you couldnt stay away, kuja's.

Rofl.

[Mantralord]

But the thing is that it effects productivity in all areas. Your prize does nothing to inspire the line worker to decrease his average cycle time.

What about the fact that the typical worker even in the USA probably doesn't want to do more than he has to anyway? And even if he did, who's to say the company will acknowledge his effort anyway? While we all like to hear of the little guy who started small and made his way to the top, you generally have to start out big to become big. No one's going to promote the dirty Mexican at the assembly line.

[Kuja`s #1]

I knew you couldnt stay away, kuja's.

Rofl.

Bastard.

[WetWired]

So you would think, but I know for a fact that at least at my work place, line workers that perform especially well usually eventually get promoted.