Why do people assume that production would decrease under communism and people wont be free...?

• Those who do not work will not be provided with resources. The difference between capitalism and communism is that capitalism rewards those who lie, cheat and manipulate, while communism rewards anyone who contributes to society equally. Thus only those who contribute will be provided will resources. Laziness would not be rewarded. The means of production would be owned by the community and the community will collectively make decisions regarding economic planning etc. Resources would not be wasted like they are under capitalism. At fast food joints, tons of cold or otherwise "imperfect" food is wasted. If we can allocate resources efficiently instead of trying to maximize profits, we can potentially feed the whole world. Imagine how much food is wasted in North America alone! Under communism, there will be a democratic organization where people will be elected entirely by the people (as opposed to the pseudo-democracy in the US). People will be free to pursue any activity they want so long as it does not harm others or negatively effects society. Thus, freedom. The USSR, Cuba, North Korea, China etc were never communist.

• Answer:

  your analysis of capitalism is spot on my friend, as is your assertion that economic planning is not only possible but desirable ... indeed with modern technology, developed by the capitalists greed for profits, namely the supply, surplus, and shipping hardware and software used by giant corporations such as Wal-Mart, economic central planning is capable of being even more efficient then it was in the Soviet Union ... westerners constantly downplay the significance of a socialist economy and state some of the garbage which many have stated in this answer session, namely that central planning is inefficient or that because of extensive social programs that people lose all their motivation .... this was not true in the Soviet Union which had a centrally planned socialist economy ... consider the following .. ... previous to the communist revolution in Russia was a based on a peasant economy, more then 90% illiterate, and with little industry to speak of ... after the communists took power they began a rapid industrialization surpassing even the pace of Germany and Japan, with industrialization came the building of schools, literacy campaigns, hospitals, advanced campaigns were carried out against typhus, cholera, and malaria; the number of physicians increased as rapidly as facilities and training would permit; and death and infant mortality rates steadily decreased. Women were given the right to vote immediately following the 1917 revolution as well as given equal pay and rights. The Soviet Union had been industrialized far fewer years then the west, yet still managed to build a modern army to defeat the Nazis and save Europe from fascism. consider the space program, the USSR put the first satellite into orbit, put the first living thing into space (a dog named laika), the first probe to land on the moon, first probe to Mars, to Venus, the first man in space, the first woman in space. this doesn't look like a society that was unmotivated or poorly managed, it looks like a superpower! keep in mind the USSR's economy was only 60% the size of the USA's, these tremendous achievements were thanks to a planned economy which oriented society towards their achievement. imagine what would be possible in the United States under such a system