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Originally Posted by leebase
Communism doesn't work because folks stop working when there is nothing to gain from their labors.
Lee
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Considering that most developed countries are as much socialist as capitalist, I think your point is kind of weak. Communism failed not because people stopped working; Communism failed because the government became a monopoly over the means of production, meaning no competition, and ultimately, economic stagnation.
Soviet Communism was akin to a corporate monopoly, only instead of shareholders you have the party, instead of a CEO you have the head of the party or the dictator, instead of controlling one industry the regime controls all industries, and unlike a regular monopoly, which has a more powerful government to answer to, a communist regime has nothing higher to answer to.