I'm at a loss for words. I mean, if you don't accept the reality of knowledge problem then I guess your magic maserati math would seem legit at face value. I think prices are extremely important, maybe

Okay, I'm catching a vibe that you of of the belief that perhaps communism was never tried true to it's ideological framework? To avoid argument, let's just say that is true. Do you acknowledge the knowledge

Well, I don't know that I am a slave but also do at the same time. However, I'll try to give it a shot. What you suggest that is. Does it ever bother you that what they give away is the end result of

Do you think that communism is "Peaceful cooperation?" Or forceful participation?

: -) sometimes I can't get a gauge on where you stand. I think I've seen you in favor of socialist type systems in the past but your comments reflect what I might want to hear. How do you personally feel

That's super deep and true @freebornangel!

Sorry, I can't speak in jazz hands.

Just because I don't subscribe to the tyranny of the majority doesn't make me a fascist. That's a false dichotomy. It would be like if I asked you to define an apple. And you said apples is the worst fruit

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. It's when half the population can violate the will of the other half of the population because they've got a fraction of a number more.

LOL, now your derailing the question. What's to prevent people from taking as much shit as they want. I mean if the collective are going to rob from the rich to give to the poor. What's to prevent people

"a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed" Who determines who needs what? Surely some type of central planner would determine such thing.. right? "is

Thank you for your reply! I just learned about the knowledge problem in socialist and Marxist/Communist systems of government. It was actually pretty shocking to learn about. I mean I knew I disliked communism

Hey thanks a bunch for the resteem, and welcome to steem! I'll follow you since we both enjoy similar topics.

Examples of Centrally Planned Economies"Communist and socialist systems are the most noteworthy examples in which governments control facets of economic production. Central planning is often associated

Point is, it's a non-starter, central economic planning cannot be done without the knowledge required to make said plans. If you don't know the value of things because you've decided to hijack various

Well I was humoring you, as in, let's say communism has never been done in the past. And all the other attempts were simply authoritarianism. Even if you have a shot, to do it "the right way"

Let's hone it down to one thread. <- in my own words.

Even if you go with a hypothetical Marxist society that is going to do it "the right way." You can't achieve this without free market prices, and you can't have a free market, if it's a centrally

What about doing a video that answers the man's question where you imagine yourself as a communist party member and you try and determine weather or not to build the railway through the mountain, or around

To understand that, you really need to go through the thought experiment in the video link I sent you. It's like giving control of a complex machine to a child. There's no way to make all the right decisions,