[G. Adams]

Gah, do I have to explain this all again?

Communism is democracy. Nobody can claim it hasn't worked because it hasn't been tried. Well, maybe on communes and Amish villages, but not on a real level.

1984 is not a book against Communism it is a book against totalitarianism. Orwell himself was a democratic socialist, he went to Spain to fight against Franco's falangists and support the socialists there. He called himself a democratic socialist in order to differentiate himself from the tyranny that had came about in Russia under the people claiming to be communists, but his views are those of most modern communists. Note the books statements regarding the hope of Oceania lying in the prole's, which is a fundamental core of communist belief.

As Socrates never wrote anything himself, I wouldn't claim anything as his. I think your refering to Plato's writing in the Republic. Plato's 'ideal' society rests upon the belief that the workers are controlled entirely by appetites, the military by emotion and the philosopher 'kings' by logic. As we know, no person is entirely ruled by any of these. Anyone who was fully ruled by any of the three characteristics would be unfit to be ruler as they would not be fully human.

I wouldn't argue that all ideal aiming societies fall to fascism is true either. They may turn to the far right, as those in power want to stay there and turn reactionary, but thats not fascism. Its like communism and anarchism are both hard left, but they are not the same. Fascism gains support when the imperial age collapses, and the bourgois see the proleteriat turn to communism. They turn to fascism in the hope of retaining power, and some proles go fascist, conned by ideas of nationalism.

The New Deal deal isn't a compromise between Democracy and Communism, its a slight compromise of Capitalism to Communism, know as social democracy. And its there in all its glory in Sweden and Norway.

I think you are mistaking Capitalism from Democracy. Capitalism is an economic concept. Democracy is a political concept. The two do not go hand in hand, as capitalism allows power to be concentrated in minorities in the form of money, which corrupts democracy. Democracy is only compatible with communism, where there is no concetration of economic power in any body, thus preventing corruption.