Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred. -- Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New 'Post-Modern' World (1959)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Drucker condemns communism as driven by negative human emotions like envy and hatred.
- In plain terms
- He believes communism is wrong because it relies on bad feelings like jealousy and anger.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid systems built on negative emotions like envy and hatred.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can any political system be purely evil?
- What drives harmful ideologies?
Another view
Labeling an entire system as evil oversimplifies complex political and economic realities.
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