Keep in mind that I am exhausted of having these discussions and will not be following up my statement if you reply. Communism has never and can never be implemented "properly" because human nature is to ingratiate oneself. What has always ended up happening is the people live one lifestyle, and the leaders/upper echelon live another. At the same time, the leaders have limited information and make market decisions for which there is no possible way for them to arrive at an accurate forecast. With a group of central planners, THEY decide if you get blue jeans or some other article of clothing they determine to be more practical. There is no individualism, no spontaneous markets, no liberty, but there is rampant corruption with no way to avoid it. When the people get fed up with the double standard and the reduced standard of living, they revolt and the state clamps down. No foreign goods are allowed for the common folk, while those in charge decorate their houses with foreign products and dress their children in foreign clothing, while drinking foreign wine.
Keep in mind that I am exhausted of having these discussions and will not be following up my statement if you reply. Communism has never and can never be implemented "properly" because human nature is to ingratiate oneself. What has always ended up happening is the people live one lifestyle, and the leaders/upper echelon live another. At the same time, the leaders have limited information and make market decisions for which there is no possible way for them to arrive at an accurate forecast. With a group of central planners, THEY decide if you get blue jeans or some other article of clothing they determine to be more practical. There is no individualism, no spontaneous markets, no liberty, but there is rampant corruption with no way to avoid it. When the people get fed up with the double standard and the reduced standard of living, they revolt and the state clamps down. No foreign goods are allowed for the common folk, while those in charge decorate their houses with foreign products and dress their children in foreign clothing, while drinking foreign wine.