... personally desired direction, is the basis common to Communism. It is important to realize that by writing The Republic Plato is not trying to establish an improved, non biased, more efficient form of government or discuss in any way the political situation of the times. Plato is theorizing about a perfect society, the contribution of a single individual to a common goal and the educational structure that would maximize the abilities of such individuals ... as well as the society as a whole. Plato's aspiration in achieving a perfect ... ...

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... and therefore that such a society would be without rulers (Beck p. 650). Until the ultimate stages are reached, however, communism involves the removal of private property by a revolutionary movement Communism originated from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes (Galbraith p. 2). In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At that time communism was ... the basis for a number of utopian settlements; most communistic experiments, however, eventua...

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