Urras a Communist Society

"A concept or system of society in which the major resources and means of production are owned by the community rather than by individuals.
In theory, such societies provide for equal sharing of all work, according to ability, and all benefits, according to need."

 The basic tenet of Communism is that 'Each man should contribute accordingly to his abilities, and receive according to his needs. Also, one for all and all for one. Also, treat others as you yourself would like to be treated'.

Flaws of Communism:

• Communism assumes that all people will seek to stay at the same level as everyone else, but the reality is that most people will try to do something to "get ahead" of others.
• Communism needs a mechanism, a governing body, to decide how to redistribute the wealth. This therefore assumes that the individuals that act as part of this governing body would not seek to promote their own interests over that of others. It also assumes that the governing body has perfect information, and perfect wisdom to make the appropriate decisions about how to redistribute the wealth.
• Giving equal resources to all individuals sounds fair on the surface, but many resources may lie dormant. For example, society could give everyone a Pentium 233 computer. Some people would use it, some would not, and some would wish they had a Pentium 466 computer so they could do more, but the equality system would not allow this unless society could provide the Pentium 466 to everyone. The new technology must be made available to a privileged few and accepted and desired so that society can determine whether or not the new technology will be mass produced for everyone.