The Logistics and practicality of Communism.

1. I would point out a few societies that were communism and "worked". During the Spanish civil war in 1936 there were many different factions fighting for control of Spain. The republicans who were mainly socialists and anarchist communists against the nationalists who were mainly fascists. The CNT(Confederaci"n Nacional del Trabajo)(workers party) took over Catalonia and began a libertarian socialist community based off communism and syndicalism. This system was working well, production was now managed by worker democratic syndicates whom produced for the collective. This collectivisation started out with some problems but then managed to work very well after some management issues and resource allocation became more efficient as they were adjusting to this extremely new kind of economic system. This system was maintained until the Nationalists with the support of Benito Mussolini crushed revolutionary Catalonia. Another example is in modern times right now. An autonomous region known as Rojava practices a type of government called Democratic Confederalism which is a Libertarian Socialist ideology. The economic system is also very collectivist with as much as 2/3 of all production being collectivised and more is to come. I would consider this a mixture between a pseudo-dictatorship of the proleteriat and full out anarchism. This type of government truly gives power to the people because it utilises direct democracy to ensure how decisions are made. The government is hardly a government the power is so evenly spread between the people that the government doesn't really much authority whatsoever. But the inhabitance of Rojava are able to self organize and defend their land from ISIS and from Asad. Rojava has the ultimate goal of becoming a stateless, classless society once the onslaught is over. The amazing thing about these 2 civilizations is that they were able to do what stalin, lennin and others weren't. They were able to make the people feel truly empowered and cared for. 2. Although the ussr and china weren't "real communism" they were running a corrupted version of the "dictatorship of the proleteriat" phase which was meant to protect the revolution from reactionaries. But they ascended into authoritarianism and autocracy. 3. Now this is an argument that I, and many other communist apologists encounter over and over again. The dreaded "Human Nature" argument. The entire premise of the argument is a logical fallacy known as an Appeal to Nature fallacy. There is no scientifical evidence that points to any innate kind of social behavior in humans. Why? because human nature is such a vague term no scientifical hypothesis can really be projected or tested. The whole appeal to human nature argument is nothing more than the creation of false axioms. Again, i could be quoting Peter Kropotkin on this issue but the less desirable jobs can and will be automated anyways. You will want to do you job because it would have intrinisc meaning. You are greatly contributing to the functionality of society and you would be appreciated. Unlike in a capitalist economy you aren't thanked you aren't given a pat on the back money is just a way of telling you "no one cares and no one knows so take this money". I will provide a link explaining worker alienation. The capitalist system completely alienates the worker from themsleves, other workers, their work and from them working. 4. I would call that an assumption. It is true most tested communes such as the epicurean communes consisted of small scale communism but i don't exactly see why making the population larger would really change the functionality. Again, you don't work because you have to, But because you want to. this goes back to my first argument about how people enjoy maintaining their garden, their dog, learning guitar or learning new things in general. People do this voluntarily because they enjoy it and they feel they get something back from it even when it's not very self evident on what exactly they get out of it. The problem with your arguments and the arguments from other's i've encountered is that they argue from a capitalist sociological and psychological standpoint. Of course if you maintained the capitalistic mindset communism would never work and this is one of the large reasons the ussr failed. It didn't rid the rampant consumerism and commodity fetishism. Sources: http://media.pfeiffer.edu... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org...