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Drace wrote about his feelings concerning communism in another thread topic. It might make for an interesting discussion, so I broke it out and started this thread. Here's what he wrote:

Humans are to enjoy their life as they live, work is not to be done so restrictions to opportunity of pleasure are decreased, but to ensure that the opportunities are always available.

Work is bad because you are doing it so you can live your own life. You work to "buys" you your life. You are born with nothing, and you must work to provide yourself.
It should be done for something you love...thus, shouldn't be payed for it. I wonder how many doctors chose the profession just because of high pay, and how many of the poor would love to be doctors because they really love the job.

This is a reason why I adore communism. (Sorry had to say it)

Drace, I assume you are referring to communism professed by Karl Marx, not the Soviet-styled socialist-totalitarianism of the 20th Century.

The greatest point of criticism for Marxist theory has always been that it underestimates the nature of human greed, and this is why true Marxism has never been attempted at a national-governmental level. Granted, it can be made to work in smaller, relatively self-contained communities, but in a larger system, there is no means of preventing selfish and greedy people from taking advantage of the system.

How do you propose to address this?