"It’s easy to be a communist in a free country. But try being free in a communist country." - Aubrey Huff

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[–]igorness 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not even close. Communism requires the end of money which all it's ruling classes gleefully used corruptly. At best then and now, they'll all all authoritarian socialist/capitalist hybrids.

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That just isn't realistic. It is human (and I would argue animal) nature for people to exchange. No matter how much you complain about it, people do it anyways. Including you. Obviously of course. Since exchange is something people have to do if they are going to work together communally.