This word has been used a couple of times the last couple of days, but what most people fail to realize is that communism as a system is something we all (at least anyone with a family) use to organize in our own lives.

I got this from slashdot, and I found it interesting enough to post it here:

>>What?! Should we try Communism ONE MORE TIME because THIS TIME we'll "do it right"? Ha. Come on.

>You should be careful about such comments. One would think you were talking about "communism" the economic model since you are comparing it to capitalism, instead of "communism" the political ideology.

This is important because "communism" the political ideology generally tries to apply extreme "socialism" as economic policy and has basically nothing to do with "communism" the economic model aside from the political parties that misleadingly stole the name.

This is also important because "communism" the economic model is alive and well for those who apply it to small communist cell sizes. The most common example of this would be the family unit, which comprises a communist cell by buying and selling goods and services collectively (although these cell sizes are shrinking in the US). Other applications of communism that have stood the test of time are monasteries, co-op housing, co-op stores, credit unions, municipalities, etc.

I don't believe in communist government, but my family is run internally as a communist system, as I am sure are most of yours.
People bring in resources based on their capabilites, and those resources are divided based on needs.

It is the extremes that cause problems. Extreme communism is just as bad as extreme capitalism, but just for different people.