but the national geographic showed that people bowed down to picture of the president and say " I love you" 

This is an interesting topic Awakened Angel.

I've been pondering about this myself. Is communism really Bad....

Over here, we watch war movies, where our heroic soldiers destroy the communist.  Over in China I've been watching movies, of communist heroes eliminating, the treacherous democrats.

Actually, both systems have their pros and cons, but evidently Democracy is better, because communism breeds dictators, and are more prone to corruption.

In an ideal communist state, of course, it would be better, but in reality, it is difficult to achieve.

Through out history, communism, were used merely as an excuse by the elite, to rule over their country. "We love you dear leader"  this should be a hint of what's going on.

If we look at north korea, teachers are discussing, how they can glorify their dear leader to the kids. It is no wonder they love their dear leader whom they have not met, and whose policies left them in the slumps.

Chairman Mao? hasn't anyone watched that doco on astro? He caused the Catastrophy of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_leap_forward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution

The former, many people died in famine.
The later,  caused young adults to go against their parents and teachers, to pick up arms and farm implements, instead of continuing their studies.

It was a bloody mess.

As for the later chinese government, nobody watched, the masacre at Tian men square?  The chinese government open fire at defenseless students, who asked for democratic reforms.

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Added on December 9, 2009, 3:55 pmBut the ideals of communism, as some mentioned, are quite good.  A state where all man are equal, etc.

All these systems of government were created by us.  Why hasn't anybody considered having a government with a combination of the two major systems?

- Free media, where it's everybody's responsibility to spread info, be a whistle blower if an official is taking bribes, etc
- A sense of ownership of the country, collective effort, where it's everybody's responsibility to improve the country.
- Selection of leader, by the people, and not an elite few.
- Fair and concentration on individual rights and to stop the elite from opressing the common man.

To name a few things I can think off.

Actually, if we talk about tyrants, there's no different between one in a democracy and one in communism, both tries to brainwash the people, with fake information, glorifying the leaders.  We don't have to look far for a democratic example.

in our democrate malaysia.... aint the politics here somehow indirectly practise communism? the leader call the shots and with ISA the same as ruthless dictators?

one word, I think will change all politics scene..... TRANSPARENCY.. which is very very hard.........

can we see all our government spendings? what they did? what they buy? where the money goes to?