Anti-communism

Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. Anti-communism is a catch-all phrase which defines any opposition to communism as a philosophical basis for a political and social alliance.

Types of anti-communists

The reasons that different people have opposed communism can be very different. Conservative and liberal critics of communism often oppose Marxism or even socialism in general. They see communism as a doctrine based on radical, and incorrect, arguments. They believe that capitalism gives economic freedoms to everyone (whereas the communists believe only the bourgeoisie have economic liberties over the proletariat), and regard the lack of property rights under communism as taking away a fundamental of human rights.

Related Topics:
Socialism - Capitalism - Bourgeoisie - Marxism - Proletariat - Property rights - Human rights

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Other people oppose communism due to contradictions or errors within the communist theory and gaps between communist theory and practice. Many anti-communists feel that the theory is less objectionable than its adherents' actions in power. Democratic socialists as George Orwell or Bertrand Russell and anarcho-socialist theorists such as Noam Chomsky see communism as a doctrine whose aims are noble in theory but which fails to attain them in practice.

Related Topics:
George Orwell - Bertrand Russell - Anarcho-socialist - Noam Chomsky

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