What is Communism? Are the so-called "Communist Countries" Real Communism? 什么是共产主义?

This video is the third and last episode of my video series on socio-economic systems. In this episode, I explain what real communism is, according to its founder, Karl Marx. The following are the links to the first and the second episode.
1. What is Capitalism?
• What is Capitalism? Ho...
2. What is Socialism?
• What is Socialism? How...

[@dillonflynn4554]

Many professors I’ve talked to disagree that Engels believed that communism will be a govermentless society. A “withering away of the state” is intentionally vague.
I’d be skeptical of what anyone says Marx and Engels thought communism would look like. The two rarely discussed what it would look like because they thought it should form through a communitys decisions rather than a select fews vision.
I’d love to hear your opinions on the validity of historical materialism.

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thank you so much for the comment. I'd agree that Marx's idea about a "stateless" society was vague. As to the concept of "historical materialism", I'll probably elaborate on it in another video. Please subscribe.

[@raymondjensen4603]

If you can think of the perfect system for all humans to live in harmony with one another that is the communist utopia. If you think of the worst things that humans can do to each other, have no individual rights except to do as your told, that is communist reality. One is fiction, one is fact.

[@vokay]

Wouldn’t this fall into the broader concept of dialectical materialism? Deng Xiaoping used this concept to adapt Mao and Marxist thought into the 3 liberating principles.

[@viniciustoresan4780]

Great video! Cheers from Brazil.

[@professorfrankzhu]

Hello from America. Thank you for the comment.

[@user-zt3bh2cb3r]

邾教授，大赞。

[@professorfrankzhu]

Much appreciated. 非常感谢!

[@user-zt3bh2cb3r]

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[@nessimrihani5962]

hello professor i think u missed that before feudal socities , there were palace economies where the tempele or royale palce dictatess or organizes the relations of production this periode also known as the bronze age civilizations and their succeors eg babylone china and ancient egypt and there is also the period of antiquity i,e salvery systems in ancient rome greece and carthage or similar civilizations .... i recommend reading michael hudson ... he did a great work in that area

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thanks for making the comment. Marx named them as primitive society and feudal society respectively.

[@brandonjohnson8880]

Earned my subscription!

[@professorfrankzhu]

I'm honored and appreciate it.

[@user-cj8tz1tu8u]

Great video professor

[@professorfrankzhu]

Many thanks indeed.

[@imperialgamer1667]

One thing to keep in mind is that the Soviet Union was not a Communist society according to Karl Marx. It was just a brutal anti-national dictatorship. The Soviet Union was founded and upheld based on the suppression of the dominant nationality, the Russians. It was in fact an anti-Russian state. Whereas modern China is a Chinese national state. Unlike the Soviet Union, it does not suppress it's dominant nationality, the Han Chinese. In fact in modern China supports the traditional Chinese culture, aesthetics, clothing, architecture, something that could not be said about the Soviet Union. In fact the Soviet Union banned the traditional Russian culture. Mao Zedong I think was not a Communist strictly, he was a nationalist, he just pretended to be Communist in order to get financial and political aid from Stalin. But the main thing is if a government is pro-national or anti-national. Everything else is secondary. Economics such as Communism, Socialism, State Capitalism, or Anarcho Capitalism does not matter as much. Whatever cat catches the mice is good enough. But if the government is anti-national, then the country and the people will suffer.

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I will probably make more videos on this topic.

[@OualidBhd]

Thank you for the information

[@professorfrankzhu]

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[@terencenxumalo1159]

good work

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thanks a lot. Please subscribe if you haven't already.

[@user-jg6qn5ch8i]

很期待老師做馬克思的人物介紹^^

[@professorfrankzhu]

我会做的， 谢谢。 敬请订阅！

[@scottpulver]

I enjoyed this high level introduction. It left me with so many questions. I would enjoy more deep dives into almost every single sentence there is fascinating things to learn .. and so on... I wonder, are there Chinese people now rhat still have faith in actual Marxist Communism. Has anyone explorer and measured this? Did Marx ever produce any ideas on a spectrum of Communism where on rhe one side it may be achieved and the other being admittedly too idealistic?

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thanks a lot for the comment. One thing is sure, true followers of Marxism will always have faith in communism.

[@FrBr69]

​@@professorfrankzhuMarxism is faith and Marx is Jesus???????

[@professorfrankzhu]

@@FrBr69 Interesting point. I'd agree on the first part. Thanks for the comment.

[@imperialgamer1667]

I think as many Chinese people that still have faith in actual Marxist Communism as many European people that still have faith in actual Christianity. The most printed but least read books in proportion are the Bible and the books of Karl Marx. People claim this or that identity just to keep up with the "hive mind", but they have not actually read the books and they do not know anything about the teachings actually.

[@professorfrankzhu]

I wouldn't say so. Religion is the belief in supernature.@@FrBr69

[@augustineohonsi3390]

You are delusional. We tried all this before.

[@professorfrankzhu]

Thanks a lot for the comment. I know what you mean. His followers are still trying.

[@raymondjensen4603]

@@migaloo364 That is not true

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

It worked before, and is still working.
Good reason to keep doing it.

[@professorfrankzhu]

An interesting point. @@antediluvianatheist5262