> "real" communism, one which is say, managed my an AI, with > no one small group of humans in power, is probably going to > be fair and equal. I'd like to see

> "real" communism, one which is say, managed my an AI, with > no one small group of humans in power, is probably going to > be fair and equal. I'd like to see if that could work. The problem with communism is the idea that there is a set of objectively ideal decisions that can be made to the greater good of everyone, be it by some AI or a committee. It's not only impossible to find these ideal policies, they don't exist. Policy is always a compromise between different competing goals, progress is made in small steps and adjustments. There is no great ideology from which perfect decisions can be deducted, there is no perfect system. The assumption of a perfect system leads to the idea of sacrifices on the way to it, which leads to a lot of suffering. The ability to incorporate different preferences and different means of achieving them is the major advantage of open societies.