| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (castille,)
</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (G. Adams,)
But by getting rid of capitalism and replacing it with communism, he would be alleviating suffering.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
No, he would be subjecting everyone to suffering. I'm sure Communism in China followed the verses of Buddhism.
But Buddhism doesn't allow for violent revolution either. In the 1917 Soviet revolution, soldiers of the Imperial Guards had the skin of their hands torn off by the Communists. Is this what Buddhism preaches?
Now I know why there were so many Buddhist warrior monks....<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
I know Buddhism does not support violent revolution. The Dali Lama has refused many times the idea of a revolution to free tibet.
But neither does it support oppression. And while its strict adherants may be happy to let a tank roll over them, after all they will come back to life anyway, I doubt they would not understand none believers trying more violent means.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |