E
epan
Guest
Even Marx recognized that communism predated his theories. The monastic communities of the medieval Church are often cited as examples of early communism. That is just one example.Communism = Leninist-Marxism and Maoism. Without Marxism none of it derivatives would exist.
Communism is the common ownership of property and means of production. Simple as that, and it has been practiced for millennia successfully in small communities all over the world, and throughout history. There is nothing intrinsically evil about it.
Another example is the Asian practice of the entire village owning the rice paddies and the food stores, and working together. Everyone in the village gets a share of the crop, regardless of whether an elderly person, or someone doing a job not in the rice paddies. Everyone works communally. There is little in the way of private property, really just personal effects, and everyone benefits from the shared ownership and labor. I only think that this works on a small scale, as in a monastery, a small village, a commune… etc.