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'''Communism''' is a ] that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization based upon ] of the ]. It can be classified as a branch of the broader ]. Communism also refers to a variety of political movements which claim the establishment of such a social organization as their ultimate goal.


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Early forms of human social organization have been described as "]." However, communism as a political goal generally is a conjectured form of future social organization which has never been implemented. There is a considerable variety of views among self-identified communists, including ], ], ], ], and various currents of ], which are generally the more widespread varieties. However, various offshoots of the ] (what critics call the "]") and ] forms of ] comprise a particular ] of communism that has the distinction of having been the primary driving force for communism in world politics during most of the ]. The competing branch of ] has not had such a distinction.


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] held that society could not be transformed from the capitalist mode of production to the communist mode of production all at once, but required a state transitional period which Marx described as the revolutionary ]. The communist society Marx envisioned emerging from capitalism has never been implemented, and it remains theoretical. However, the term "Communism," especially when the word is ], is often used to refer to the political and economic regimes under ] which claimed to be the dictatorship of the proletariat.
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In the late 19th century, Marxist theories motivated ] parties across Europe, although their policies later developed along the lines of "reforming" capitalism, rather than overthrowing it. The exception was the ]. One branch of this party, commonly known as the ]s and headed by ], succeeded in taking control of the country after the toppling of the ] in the ]. In 1918, this party changed its name to the Communist Party, thus establishing the contemporary distinction between communism and other trends of socialism.
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Since the early ], the term "]" was used to refer to the policies of communist parties in western Europe, which sought to break with the tradition of uncritical and unconditional support of the Soviet Union. Such parties were politically active and electorally significant in ] and ].


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There is a ]. However, many sections of ], ] and ] continue to have strong communist movements of various types.


With the collapse of Communist rule in ] from the late 1980s and the ] on ], ], communism's influence has decreased dramatically in Europe. However, around a quarter of the world's population still lives in Communist states, mostly in the People's Republic of China.


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==Early communism==
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The notion of communism has a history long predating Marx and Engels. In ancient Greece the idea of communism was connected to a myth about the "]" of humanity, when society lived in full harmony, before the development of ]. Some have argued that ]'s '']'' and works by other ancient political theorists advocated communism in the form of ] living, and that various early Christian sects, in particular the early Church, as recorded in ], and ] tribes in the ] Americas practiced communism in the form of communal living and common ownership. ] espouses the idea that Christianity was meant to be communist in nature.


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In the 16th century, ] portrayed a society based on common ownership of property, whose leaders administered it through the application of reason in his 1516 treatise '']''. ] also described such an utopian society in his books through the mythic ]. In the 17th century, communist thought arguably surfaced again in England. ], in his 1895 ''Cromwell and Communism'' argued that several groupings in the ], especially the ] (or "]") espoused clear communistic, agrarian ideals, and that ]'s attitude to these groups was at best ambivalent and often hostile.<ref>Eduard Bernstein, (1895). ''Kommunistische und demokratisch-sozialistische Strömungen während der englischen Revolution'', J.H.W. Dietz, Stuttgart. ISBN 081246303. Sources available at </ref>
Contrary to popular belief, I am a rather passive creature just seeking to eek out a peaceful existence in the Canadian Rockies (with the occasional cameo on ] Beer commercials). Despite having over-sized hands, I have learned to operate a computer (though I still am confused by this whole ] business) and am an avid fan of ] projects. Other things of interest would be to note that the reason I am so hairy is that I actually bought copies of Windows which forced me to cut back my clothing budget. This meant the only way to survive in the freezing winters was to grow hair... lots of hair. Also, I have learned to speak many languages in my spare time(see babel).
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The word "communist" itself was coined in 1840 by ], after the French word ''communisme'', while discussing the ] associated with ], one of the most radical participant in the 1789 ], and the ]. A correspondent of Engels, Goodwyn Barmby himself founded the London Communist Propaganda Society in 1841. "]", a term itself coined by Marx in contrast with "]" (a term coined by Engels), designed all ]n writings and foundation of settlements by writers such as ], ], and ].


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Karl Marx saw ] as the original ] state of mankind from which it arose. When humanity was capable of producing surplus, private property developed, society became unequal, resulting in classical society, and then to the ] ], to its current state of capitalism reached by a violent ], which in part depended on the development of ]. He then proposed that the next step in social evolution would be a return to communism, but at a higher level than when mankind had originally practiced primitive communism (in accordance with the influence of Hegel's dialectic on Marx).


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In its contemporary form, communism grew out of the ] of 19th century Europe. At the time, as the ] advanced, socialist critics blamed capitalism for creating a new class of unskilled, urban factory workers who labored under harsh conditions, and for widening the gulf between rich and poor. Engels, who lived in ], observed the organization of the ] movement (''see'' ]), while Marx departed from his university comrades to meet the proletariat in France and Germany.


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Like other socialists, Marx and Engels sought an end to capitalism and the systems which they perceived to be responsible for the exploitation of workers. But whereas earlier socialists often favored longer-term social reform, Marx and Engels believed that popular revolution was all but inevitable, and the only path to socialism.
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According to the Marxist argument for communism, the main characteristic of human life in class society is ]; and communism is desirable because it entails the full realization of human freedom. Marx here follows ] in conceiving freedom not merely as an absence of constraints but as action having moral content. They believed that communism allowed people to do what they want but also put humans in such conditions and such relations with one another that they would not wish to have need for exploitation. Whereas for Hegel, the unfolding of this ethical life in history is mainly driven by the realm of ideas, for Marx, communism emerged from material, especially the development of the ].
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Marxism holds that a process of class conflict and revolutionary struggle will result in victory for the ] and the establishment of a communist society in which private ownership is abolished over time and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community. Marx himself wrote little about life under communism, giving only the most general indication as to what constituted a communist society. It is clear that it entails abundance in which there is little limit to the projects that humans may undertake. In the popular slogan that was adopted by the communist movement, communism was a world in which 'each gave according to his abilities, and received according to his needs.' '']'' (]) was one of Marx's few writings to elaborate on the communist future:
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:<blockquote>"In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic."<ref>Karl Marx, (1845). '']'', Marx-Engels Institute, Moscow. ISBN 1573922587. Sources available at </ref>
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Marx's lasting vision was to add this vision to a positive scientific theory of how society was moving in a law-governed way toward communism, and, with some tension, a political theory that explained why revolutionary activity was required to bring it about.

By the end of the nineteenth century the terms "socialism" and "communism" were often used interchangeably. However, Marx and Engels argued that communism would not emerge from capitalism in a fully developed state, but would pass through a "first phase" in which most productive property was owned in common, but with some class differences remaining. The "first phase" would eventually give way to a "higher phase" in which class differences were eliminated, and a state was no longer needed. Lenin frequently used the term "socialism" to refer to Marx and Engels' supposed "first phase" of communism and used the term "communism" interchangeably with Marx and Engels' "higher phase" of communism.

These later aspects, particularly as developed by Lenin, provided the underpinning for the mobilizing features of 20th century Communist parties. Later writers modified Marx's vision {{fact}} by allotting a central place to the state in the development of such societies, by arguing for a prolonged transition period of socialism prior to the attainment of full communism.

Some of Marx's contemporaries, such as the anarchist ], espoused similar ideas, but differed in their views of how to reach to a harmonic society with no classes. To this day there has been a split in the workers movement between Marxist communists and ]. The anarchists are against, and wish to abolish, every state organization. Among them, ]s such as ] believed in an immediate transition to one society with no classes under gift economics, while ]s believe that labor unions, as opposed to Communist parties, are the organizations that can help change the society.

==The growth of modern Communism==
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In Russia, the 1917 October Revolution was the first time any party with an avowedly Marxist orientation, in this case the ], seized state power. The assumption of state power by the Bolsheviks generated a great deal of practical and theoretical debate within the Marxist movement. Marx believed that socialism and communism would be built upon foundations laid by the most advanced capitalist development. Russia, however, was one of the poorest countries in Europe with an enormous, largely illiterate ] and a minority of industrial workers. It should be noted, however, that Marx had explicitly stated that Russia might be able to skip the stage of bourgeois capitalism. Other socialists also believed that a Russian revolution could be the precursor of workers' revolutions in the west.

The moderate socialist ]s opposed Lenin's communist Bolsheviks' plan for socialist revolution before capitalism was more fully developed. The Bolsheviks successful rise to power was based upon the slogans "peace, bread, and land" and "All power to the Soviets," slogans which tapped the massive public desire for an end to Russian involvement in the ], the peasants' demand for ], and popular support for the ].

The usage of the terms "communism" and "socialism" shifted after 1917, when the Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party and installed a ] devoted to the implementation of socialist policies under ]. The ] had dissolved in ] over national divisions, as the separate national parties that composed it did not maintain a unified front against the ], instead generally supporting their respective nation's role. Lenin thus created the ] (Comintern) in ] and sent the ], which included ], to all European socialist parties willing to adhere. In France, for example, the majority of the ] socialist party splitted in 1921 to form the ] (French Section of the Communist International). Henceforth, the term "Communism" was applied to the objective of the parties founded under the umbrella of the Comintern. Their program called for the uniting of workers of the world for revolution, which would be followed by the establishment of a ] as well as the development of a socialist economy. Ultimately, their program held, there would develop a harmonious classless society, with the withering away of the state. Following the "]" period, the Bolsheviks formed in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or ], from the former ]. In the middle of the ] (1918-1920), the Bolsheviks ] all productive property. After three years of war and the 1921 ], Lenin declared the ] (NEP) in 1921, which was to do a "limited place for a limited time to capitalism." The NEP lasted until 1930, when ]'s personal fight for leadership spelled the end of it.

Following Lenin's democratic centralism, the Communist parties were organized on a hierarchical basis, with active cells of members as the broad base; they were made up only of elite ]s {{fact}} approved by higher members of the party as being reliable and completely subject to ].

The Soviet Union and other countries ruled by Communist Parties are often described as ']s' with 'state socialist' economic bases. This usage indicates that they proclaim that they have realized part of the socialist program by abolishing private control of the means of production and establishing state control over the economy; however, they do not declare themselves truly communist, as they have not established communal ownership.

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The Stalinist version of socialism, with some important modifications, shaped the Soviet Union and influenced Communist Parties worldwide. It was heralded as a possibility of building communism via a massive program of ] and ]. The rapid development of industry, and above all the victory of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, maintained that vision throughout the world, even around a decade following Stalin's death, when the party adopted a program in which it promised the establishment of communism within thirty years.

However, under Stalin's leadership, evidence emerged that dented faith in the possibility of achieving communism within the framework of the Soviet model. Stalin had created in the Soviet Union a repressive state that dominated every aspect of life. Later, growth declined, and ] and ] by state officials increased, which dented the legitimacy of the Soviet system.

Despite the activity of the ], the Soviet Communist Party adopted the ] theory of "]" and claimed that, due to the "]," it was possible, even necessary, to build socialism in one country alone. This departure from Marxist internationalism was challenged by ], whose theory of "]" stressed the necessity of world revolution.

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Trotsky and his supporters organized into the "]," and their platform became known as ]. But Stalin eventually succeeded in gaining full control of the Soviet regime, and their attempts to remove Stalin from power resulted in Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union in ]. After Trotsky's exile, world communism fractured in two distinct branches: ] and ]. Trotsky later founded the ], a Trotskyist rival to the Comintern, in ].

Most recently, Trotskyist ideas have occasionally found an echo among political movements in countries, such as ], where the ] has had contact with President ] of ]. Many Trotskyist parties are also active in politically stable, developed countries such as ], ], ] and ].

However, as a whole, Trotsky's theories and attitudes were never re-accepted in worldwide mainstream communist circles after Trotsky's expulsion, either within or outside of the ]. This remained the case even after the ] and subsequent events exposed the fallibility of ] and ]. Today, even given the fact that there are areas of the world where Trotskyist movements are rather large, the rest of the communist movement, and the working class as a whole, continues to not take Trotskyism seriously enough to coalesce in a mass movement around it or any of its offshoots. Thus, Trotskyism has never been successful in building a mass ] capable of overthrowing a capitalist state apparatus.

===Maoism===
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Although the CPC was established in 1921, communism in China had been prevalent beforehand. Socialist ideas had begun to arrive in China during the late 19th century, and by 1907, ] was the dominant form of socialist thought in China. Following the overthrow of the ] in the and the establishment of the ], communist activities in China increased dramatically, and many leftist groups were accepted into or regarded as allies of the Nationalist ] (KMT) which was then headed by the ] revolutionary ].

Following ]'s ], seizure of power and takeover of the Chinese central government, the Kuomintang faced setbacks, but following his death China descended into ], thus making Kuomintang and leader Sun Yat-Sen a promising ally for the Soviet Union, who set aid and advisors to China. The CPC was initially allied with many of the leftists in the KMT, and originally the entire KMT itself in the '']''. The CPC had also been instructed by the Comintern to cooperate with the KMT. Chinese anarchism at this point started to decline as Soviet and CPC influence increased, due to ], and the CPC overtook the anarchists in popularity.

After Sun Yat-Sen's death, his successor ] sought to purge many factions which he deemed dangerous, which included the leftist factions within the KMT, the CPC, the Soviet advisors and the warlords. This sparked the ]. The breakdown caused the establishment of two KMT governments in ] and ] for the left-wing and right-wing factions respectively, and eventually a fallout between the left-wing portion of the KMT and the CPC themselves.

The administration at Wuhan would eventually fall, as did the warlords following Chiang's successful ]. Eventually the CPC, after having almost faced total annihilation in the ] recovered their strength and built up a massive positive reputation among the peasants in the ] from 1937 to 1945 while the the KMT became exhausted from fighting the ]. The CPC ended up taking over most of China, with the KMT fleeing to Taiwan.-->

After the death of Stalin in ], the Soviet Union's new leader, Nikita Khrushchev, denounced Stalin's crimes and his ]. He called for a return to the principles of Lenin, thus presaging some change in Communist methods. However, Khrushchev's reforms heightened ideological differences between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, which became increasingly apparent in the ]. As the ] in the international Communist movement turned toward open hostility, China portrayed itself as a leader of the underdeveloped world against the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Parties and groups that supported the ] in their criticism against the new Soviet leadership proclaimed themselves as 'anti-Revisionist' and that the CPSU and the parties aligned with it were ], "capitalist-roaders." Around the world the Sino-Soviet split resulted in splits and forming of new parties. Notably, the ] sided with China. Effectively CPC under Mao's leadership became the rallying forces of a parallel international Communist tendency. The ideology of CPC, ] (generally referred to as 'Maoism'), was adopted by many of these groups.

One notable example of the influence of ] ideas of an egalitarian agrarian revolution under Mao's conception of ] was ], lead by ] and to a lesser degree ], although these are not considered Maoist parties. Still, China and North Korea were the only communist states where Khmer Rouge delegations visited during their reign. Later, China was to arm ] rebels, after they had been overthrown by Vietnamese invasion.

After the death of Mao and the take-over of ], the international Maoist movement fell in disarray. One sector accepted the new leadership in China, a second renounced the new leadership and reaffirmed their commitment to Mao's legacy and a third renounced Maoism altogether and aligned with the Albanian Communist party.

===Other anti-revisionist currents===
After the break-up between the Communist Party of China and the Party of Labour of Albania in 1978, the Albanians rallied a new separate international tendency. This tendency would demarcate itself by a strict defense of the legacy of Joseph Stalin and fierce criticism of virtually all other Communist groupings. The Albanians were able to win over a large share of the Maoists in ], most notably the ]. This tendency has occasionally been labeled as 'Hoxhaism' after the Albanian Communist leader ].

After the fall of the Communist government in Albania, the pro-Albanian parties are grouped around an ] and the publication 'Unity and Struggle'. Another important institution for them is the biannual ], which was initiated in 1970s.

==Cold War years==
As the Soviet Union won important allies by victory in the ] in Eastern Europe, communism as a movement spread to a number of new countries, and gave rise to a few different branches of its own, such as ].

Communism had been vastly strengthened by the winning of many new nations into the sphere of Soviet influence and strength in Eastern Europe. Governments modeled on Soviet Communism took power with Soviet assistance in ], ], ], ], ] and ]. A Communist government was also created under ] in ], but Tito's independent policies led to the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the ], which had replaced the ], and ], a new branch in the world communist movement, was labeled "]." ] also became an independent Communist nation after World War II.

By ] the ] held all of ], thus controlling the most populous nation in the world. Other areas where rising Communist strength provoked dissension and in some cases actual fighting include ], many nations of the Middle East and Africa, and, especially, ] (''see'' ]). With varying degrees of success, Communists attempted to unite with nationalist and socialist forces against what they saw as Western imperialism in these poor countries.

==Communism after the collapse of the Soviet Union==
In 1985, ] became leader of the Soviet Union and relaxed central control, in accordance with reform policies of ] (openness) and ] (restructuring). The Soviet Union did not intervene as ], ], ], ], ], and ] all abandoned Communist rule by ]. In ], the Soviet Union itself dissolved.

By the beginning of the ], states under control by Communist parties under a single-party system include the ], ], ], ], and ]. President ] of ] is a member of the ], but the country is not run under single-party rule. Communist parties, or their descendent parties, remain politically important in many European countries and throughout the Third World, particularly in ].

The People's Republic of China has reassessed many aspects of the Maoist legacy; and the People's Republic of China, Laos, Vietnam, and, to a lesser degree, Cuba have reduced state control of the economy in order to stimulate growth. The People's Republic of China runs ]s dedicated to market-oriented enterprise, free from central government control. Several other communist states have also attempted to implement market-based reforms, including Vietnam. Officially, the leadership of the People's Republic of China refers to its policies as "]."

Theories within Marxism as to why communism in Eastern Europe was not achieved after socialist revolutions pointed to such elements as the pressure of external capitalist states, the relative backwardness of the societies in which the revolutions occurred, and the emergence of a bureaucratic stratum or class that arrested or diverted the transition press in its own interests. Marxist critics of the Soviet Union referred to the Soviet system, along with other Communist states, as "]," arguing that Soviet system fell far short of Marx's communist ideal. They argued that the state and party bureaucratic elite acted as a surrogate capitalist class in the heavily centralized and repressive political apparatus.

Non-Marxists, in contrast, have often applied the term to any society ruled by a Communist Party and to any party aspiring to create a society similar to such existing nation-states. In the social sciences, societies ruled by Communist Parties are distinct for their single party control and their socialist economic bases. While ] applied the concept of "]" to these societies, many social scientists identified possibilities for independent political activity within them, and stressed their continued evolution up to the point of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe during the late 1980s and early 1990s.<ref>{{cite journal|author=H. Gordon Skilling|date=April 1966|title=Interest Groups and Communist Politics|journal=World Politics|volume=18|issue=3|pages=435-451}}�UNIQ3ab34e171166e61b-HTMLCommentStrip7c7dfbc41ccbeb7000000002</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Arch Getty|year=1985|title=Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered: 1933-1938|publisher=Cambridge University Press|id=ISBN 0521335701}}</ref>

Today, Marxist revolutionaries are active in ], ], and ].

==Criticism of communism==
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A diverse array of writers and political activists have published criticism of communism, such as Soviet bloc dissidents ] and ]; social theorists ], ], ], ], and ]; economists ], ], and ]; historians and social scientists ], ], and ]; anti-communist leftists ], ], ], ], and ]; novelist ]; and philosophers ] and ]. Some writers such as Conquest go beyond attributing large-scale human rights abuses to Communist regimes, presenting events occurring in these countries, particularly under Stalin, who rejected the form of fair treatment, as an argument against Marxism itself. Some of the critics were former Marxists, such as Wittfogel, who applied Marx's concept of "Oriental Despotism" to communist societies such as the ], and Silone, Wright, Koestler (among other writers) who contributed essays to the book '']'' (the title refers not to the Christian God but Marxism itself).

There have also been more direct ], such as criticisms of the ] or Marx's predictions. Nevertheless, Communist parties outside of the ], such as the Communist parties in Western Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa, differed greatly. Thus a criticism that is applicable to one such party is not necessarily applicable to another.

==Comparing "Communism" to "communism"==
According to the ] third edition of '']'', ''communism'' and derived words are written with the ] "c" except when they refer to a political party of that name, a member of that party, or a government led by such a party, in which case the word "Communist" is written with the ] "C." Thus, one may be a communist (an advocate of communism) without being a Communist (a member of a Communist Party or another similar organization).

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Contrary to popular belief, I am a rather passive creature just seeking to eek out a peaceful existence in the Canadian Rockies (with the occasional cameo on Kokanee Beer commercials). Despite having over-sized hands, I have learned to operate a computer (though I still am confused by this whole QWERTY business) and am an avid fan of open source projects. Other things of interest would be to note that the reason I am so hairy is that I actually bought copies of Windows which forced me to cut back my clothing budget. This meant the only way to survive in the freezing winters was to grow hair... lots of hair. Also, I have learned to speak many languages in my spare time(see babel). Hope this clears things up with everyone.

Travel

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BEWARE! This user has the Schwartz and it is as big as yours!

Accomplishments

Started Pages: Sampoong Department Store collapse, Sand Shark, Harry Dean Ainlay (among other mayors of Edmonton, Alberta), Shawn Desman, Wave (band), Yogi Rock (which was featured on DYK)

Good Edits: Tangshan earthquake, Battlefield Vietnam

Current Projects: Working to improve Japanese war crimes related articles (attempting to reach a neutral POV somehow...) as well as filling up the red links in List of mayors of Edmonton, Alberta.

Uploaded images: Image:The Brick Logo.gif, Image:TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.JPG, Image:Yogi Rock.jpg, and Image:Yogi Rock2.jpg

Also, constantly prowls Special:Newpages in search of patent nonsense. Just joined the Misplaced Pages:Cleanup Taskforce (see my Desk). Also, fixing Double Redirects on WP.

Sometimes I wonder...

... if I count as a Wikipedian with an article about them.
... if I am the Truman Show.
... if it is po-tae-toe or po-taa-toe.
... why "I wipe a kid" is an anagram for Misplaced Pages.
Well, that's Sasquatch for you!

Other user pages on various projects

Commons, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikinews, Wikisource, Meta

666666 (there is also irony that this is the sixth heading)

It is believed that this user may be a sock puppet of the Devil.
Please refer to below for evidence.

THIS USER IS A THE DEVIL HAVING CREATED THE FIRST 666,666TH ARTICLE ON WIKIPEDIA: File:666666 2.png and File:666666.png

Inherent Biases

  • I am pro-Canada and slightly pro-China (the PRC for all those people who argue Hong Kong is China, and also not in a crazy nationalist way).
  • Politically, I am fiscally conservative and a moderate liberal on social issues (basically a tad right of center).
  • I will block you if you show persistent vandalism and bad-faith edits regardless of where you are, who you are and your IQ level.
  • I am a deletionist so much so that I push the delete button on average a good 20 times a day.
  • Do NOT vandalise people's user pages as that will get you blocked very very very fast.
  • I am a cardinal in the Misplaced Pages:Protestant Church of Misplaced Pages and will start a sermons soon. =)
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