Communism and Mediocrity :::::::G11

Communism, Marx’s manifestation against capitalism and in the support of the working class as a whole without any kind of prejudice, a way of overcoming the envy and the greed caused by the private property, is a way of freeing ourselves from the need, those of the elite which is caused by greed and those of the poor class which is of the greatest wealth.
Marx believes that communal possessing is a way of experiencing freedom-- Freedom from the need of having and possessing material. In his view the main purpose of material is using them rather than owning them, and this draws us to the Ooseterling’s article where he explains human’s dependency on their modern equipment. He describes our need to the technology and new media where we feel free as long as all these technology function smoothly. We depend on these technologies so much that they end up owning us now.
Comparing communism and mediocrity, they both serve as a way of creating equality where in communism this balance and equality happens by taking away the possession of the capital, but mediocrity creates this balance by enabling every individual to buy it material needs. In another perspective it is communal as everybody has almost the same share of the technology.
Another aspect that both Marx and Oosterling argue is the position of the religion in their theories. Communism practices atheism less abstract and more directly bent on action. And technology produces knowledge and enlightenment in a way that frees the man from the determination of the heteronymous powers.
The question that we asked each other at the end of our group discussion was that, considering China, is the communist regime practical? Seeing china’s development and its process of becoming world’s biggest power, is communism the answer? How does Chinese people who are the one who experience this system feel?