Communism's been tried and gets stuck at military dictatorship Of course it does. It has to. You're compelling people to engage in behavior they don't want to.

Communism's been tried and gets stuck at military dictatorship Of course it does. It has to. You're compelling people to engage in behavior they don't want to. That "to each" unavoidably requires "from each", decided by people no better than others, denying producers the full fruits of their labors, and blessing the idle with those fruits. Superior productivity becomes intolerable (as "inequal") and thus suppressed. The only way to enforce this unnatural state of affairs on people is thru threat of force leading precisely to military dictatorship. It's unavoidable. Capitalism, however, lets people work out what is mutually beneficial without being bossed around by uninvolved strangers. Yes, some become powerful and persuade trade, but people always have the option to not - nobody's going to get fined, jailed, exiled, or killed not buying Brand Mega products. I've seen many massive corporations collapse - nobody died in the process, everyone had the choice to not associate with them. (And yes, you always have the option to buy some cheap seeds, buy some cheap land, and go live off the land yourself. That's basically how I grew up.) "Large monied interests" do NOT turn into "dictatorships". Any worker who doesn't like the work/pay exchange can walk away. Any customer who doesn't like the product doesn't have to buy it. (The strikes you reference involved wanton physical disruption & destruction; obstructionism, vandalism, and violence gets met with likewise.) However, in communism: mutually beneficial contracting without state sanction gets one jailed; walking away from communism gets one shot. And yes, there will always be a need for "from each". Food doesn't grow & harvest itself in, no matter how automated. Buildings don't construct themselves. Work will need doing by humans. There will always be something for someone to do, so long as the state doesn't interfere. And ONLY capitalism will bring the price of food/shelter/etc down to the point that one need work very little to earn those basics.