@freemo @liberty4masses "Scaling... you could be a libertarian at a state level and communist at the commune level and it's not incompatible... what works in Norway (size of NYC borough) won't work for 300M ppl" http://bit.ly/2BsO8jE

@js290 communist at the commune level is not communism. If you voluntarily share your goods with others (you are not forced to live in the commune or forced to follow it rules) then it isnt communism. Just because you live in a communal fashion it isnt communism. The second you make it voluntary to contribute it simply isnt communism, almost by definition.

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By that logic everyone who is in a marriage (without a pre-nup) is a communist because they live in a commune of 2.

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@freemo @liberty4masses As Taleb says, scaling is important, and Russ Roberts points out you don't sell the last cookie in the jar to whichever kid that can pay the most for it... Ran Abramitzky on the Mystery of the Kibbutz http://www.econtalk.org/ran-abramitzky-on-the-mystery-of-the-kibbutz/
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