[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.