No no , you got that wrong, Communist is a system without a government, like anarchism (or was supposed to be)aciddose wrote:"Socialism" is defined by the fact that capital is distributed amongst productive individuals (workers) who then "own" the means of production. In the socialist system "owners" are eliminated, they simply do not exist as it is not possible to "own" a means of production, a parcel of land, rights, resources and so on without directly contributing toward it with some form of labor.
"Communism" is defined by the fact capital is distributed by the government which is instead the owner of capital, means of production, land, rights and resources.
That one of the great tragedy of our time, mixing in weird ways
the original meaning of communism and socialism
(i hate both to be clear)
Russia was a socialist country hence the uSsr, and karl marx said the most stupid thing ever (independently of what you could think about socialism or communism) when he said socialism is the path to communism but actually both systems are diametrically opposed, that is f**king nonsense.
And actually to explain thing correctly we have to come back to the "age of enlightement" where the current definition of property rights were made, one of the main difference between communism and others systems is that communism doesn't recognize the "fructus" (property right is made of 3 parts, abusus , usus, fructus)
Not sure i was very clear in the way i expressed it, but i guess you will get the idea.
I'm not sure i agree of not about the fact that it's just an abstract concept, "impossibility to implement in reality" is more like, "people in power who will not like to see it implemented in reality", IMO.aciddose wrote: Taking the United States as an example, the collection of taxes and civil forfeiture demonstrates that the right to property (capital) is not ultimately in the hands of the individual but the government. If the system were true "capitalism", all lending would be private and unregulated, taxation would not exist thereby eliminating public projects and services such as law enforcement and courts, the military and president and government and regulatory bodies such as congress.
True "capitalism" can only exist in a libertarian anarchy where every individual is responsible for their own needs: leading to the political and regulatory systems we have today as a result of the agreement of the participants. So it should be intuitive that "true capitalism" is nothing but an abstract concept and impossible to actually implement in reality.
Oh yes and retards that can't do anything unless the state hold their hands as well .....