[rewmie]

> Funny how 'communism' can be both the ultimate evil (...)

I don't think you fully understand the issue you're trying to comment on. Not only is conflating a military organization with communism beyond wrong, but you're also completely oblivious to very basic aspects of human nature that are key to living fulfilling lives such as human rights and individual freedom.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

I'm not oblivious to any of those things. But the parallels still seem to exist; both communism and the military are centrally managed, rigidly hierarchical, demand loyalty, punish dissent, and both place the goals of the organization above the freedom of the individual.

[rewmie]

> I'm not oblivious to any of those things.

I don't think so. The definition of communism is not a organization with a hierarchical structure. You even fail to touch the central traits of communism. You're simply trying to forcefully conflate two separate concepts while ignoring it's primary traits.

In short, gibberish.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

Communism as applied in practice, specifically the former soviet union, very much had a hierarchy.

The primary traits of interest I listed in the previous comment. Are they exactly the same? of course not. But that doesn't mean they can't share similarities.

[rewmie]

> Communism as applied in practice, specifically the former soviet union, very much had a hierarchy.

I'm not convinced you realize that the definition of communism is not "a hierarchical organization".

I don't see the point of continuing this discussion. Even your basic assumptions are fundamentally wrong.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

Did read the 'as applied in practice' part and then think I was talking about the idealized dictionary definition? Because that's weird if you did.