[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Good point. Also I think an often overlooked feature of leftist political thought is that we all (or most of us) grew up in a planned economy, one might say a commune. It's called "the family". The family is definitely an example where it's pretty much from each according to his ability and to each according to their needs.

I think the left basically never outgrow the economic view of the world that they had as children. They think that the benevolent father (i.e. the state) should provide for the dependent children (i.e. them). They never quite figure out that a state is different than a family. Put another way, they don't grow up.

Liberalism can be thought of as largely a case of arrested development.

[najida]

Good point. Also I think an often overlooked feature of leftist political thought is that we all (or most of us) grew up in a planned economy, one might say a commune. It's called "the family". The family is definitely an example where it's pretty much from each according to his ability and to each according to their needs.

You stole my thought! ;) The end result of the family is to foster independence. We all grow out of the family, our parents stop supporting us and we move on.