> Its pretty much a given that that level of resources will be less than a capitalist nation. Why? > If we accept the axiom that each person wants to maximize

> Its pretty much a given that that level of resources will be less than a capitalist nation. Why? > If we accept the axiom that each person wants to maximize their resources, then we should expect a natural outflow from the [poorer] nation to the [richer] one. In order to limit that, any ruler would be incentivized to pain the [rich] world as the enemy or make it a crime to affiliate/sympathize with them. this naturally leads to conflict between nations. (I replaced communist/capitalist with poor/rich since that's what your point is actually about.) Are you saying that the poor world is naturally the enemy of the rich world? That the rich world should utilize its power (e.g. using sanctions) to keep the poor world (which in your view is the enemy) weak?