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The best political system is a system where there is free speech, free elections, Private property rights and the government also provides jobs, health care, public Transportation, food stamps, and other social services to the citizens. The textbook political theory of how Capitalist and Socialist societies are supposed to function is different from the reality of how they operate in the real world of power politics. In theory, Capitalism is a system where individual people own property, individual people buy and sell property, and nothing is free, unless a person wants to give it away. Theoretically Socialism otherwise known as Communism is a system where instead of stores, restaurants, and apartment buildings being owned by private businesses, everything is jointly owned by the community instead. So theoretically in a Communist society, everyone shares his or her money, food, and possessions with their neighbors. Theoretically in a Communist society, there are no homeless people or poor children. And in a Communist Society organized religion is supposed to be toned down for the good of the group. By toning down the practice of organized religion, theoretically Communist societies are preventing discrimination against citizens from different cultural backgrounds. And because of the past mistakes made by organized religion, many Communists associate God with the bad stuff that organized religion has done. That is why many Communists are atheists. And also in Communist societies, children, instead of being raised by their mom and dad, are raised by the community instead.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:off ice:office" />

Besides privately owned business's being replaced with community owned property, under Communism private families are replaced with Community controlled families. The traditional family was eliminated, according to the Communists, in order to prevent children from being exploited by their parents. While some people might think this sounds like a kind idea. In reality if a person is told that because their jerk of a neighbor abused his children, that the government is also going to take their kid as well. Most people would say, "If I didn't abuse my kid but my neighbor did. Then why don't the Police
just take his kid? He should have his kids taken from him he's a child abuser, but not me I didn't abuse my kid."

But all people in a Communist Society, innocent and guilty alike are expected to preemptively hand their

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