“Communism is intellectual cotton candy for people with childish minds. It’s economic junk food. Easy sell to people who possess no discipline at all.”
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This.
Because communism works, but only among small, trusted groups: like family, small circle of friends, maybe a classroom.
But as soon as the group gets large enough, corruption, laziness, lack of innovation (ie, no incentives), lack of accountability, and greed inevitably take over. Leadership then quickly morphs from altruism into tyranny.
But this is not taught in our schools, not exemplified in our media, not identified in the news, not recounted in history. The weak minded are then malinformed and exploited. Those who produce and have are vilified by those who consume and don’t have.
It only works in families and small groups of friends because of love: the willingness of those who can produce, to use their productive energies to benefit those they love.