As I understand it...
Communism is a social structure that demands input of labor, goods and means, from any/all who are capable, to the lives and lifestyles of all who live and work in a shared society. The rewards of the collective input is ideally shared equally by those of means and those who are incapable of providing at the higher level of input in the community. None are allowed to be without the necessities of life unless the entire social structure is unable to provide for itself and when the society is wealthy as a whole, all share equally in the good times. All contribute to their ability and all receive according to their needs. Firm commitment to the system is essential and required for its success. The reality is that communism is not suited to modern national societies and simply does not work beyond the tribal level. Corruption, greed, class development and logistics get in the way. There has never been a true and successful communist state beyond the level of the tribe. Early native American tribes are prime examples of true communism. Communism is largely NOT a form of government on a large scale anywhere or ever.
The method of business known as capitalism is NOT a societal means of government. It is a means of building
wealth through the development of efficiencies of collecting and/or manufacturing goods and services and marketing the goods and services involved at a higher price than the original cost. The term that I use, "capitalism", is a self, fair and market controlled (using the supply and demand means of pricing) method of providing goods and services to an open market. In its earliest days in the USA, uncontrolled capitalism thrived but eventually became so corrupt through the machinations of the GREEDY with the efforts toward MONOPOLY that its corruption to CAPITALISM was too prevalent and strong and it attracted the attention of government. Capitalism ultimately became so egregious as to demand legislation to control it through Antitrust laws. One thing, clear over the decades since then, is that the corruption that changed capitalism to large CORPORATE CAPITALISM was not controlled and in fact, through bribery, extortion and 'lobbying' (the official name for criminal interference with our government and laws), the CORPORATIONS can claim and actually have more control of our federal, state, county and municipal governments than We The People do. There is even one national political group that arrogantly claims the title of, "The Party Of Business", NOT The Party Of, By And For The People.
There is another aspect of CORPORATE CAPITALISM that largely escapes the understanding of the people. That is, the management control structure and hierachy within all corporations is nearly identical to fascism at its most fundamental. With CORPORATE CAPITALIST influence over our governments, the CORPORATIONS have infused them with more and more and yet more fascist principles of control. For thoroughly accurate descriptions of fascism in government, please refer to World War II. Also, please remember that all fascist controlled states rose because of the populations' deep resentments of their own democratically elected republic governments that were spurred on by CORPORATE CAPITALISM and that those selfsame population's impoverishment were created by the manipulations of their own CORPORATE executive management teams. The USA has rapidly descended into the 1% owning more of this nation that the remaining middle class by successfully utilizing the cancerous CORPORATE CAPITALIST methods. Where do you think we're headed?
I see this fascist war of attrition and the rotting of our governments from within as an undeclared WAR against the USA, and more importantly, as a WORLD WAR! The full understanding and utilization of government weakness(es) and economic weaponry have been the tools of the elite to conquer us all while we battle each other with each other with daydreams, stupidity, ignorance and stubborn propaganda driven belief in utter nonsense. We The People are under attack every single day but we're too damned dumb to see it!
