| Have you ever read either Das Capital -- or at least a decent commentary on it or the Communist Manifesto? It's not entirely clear which species of communism you are talking about.
Irrespective of the details, the core concepts of Marx's critique of capitalism are missing (ie alienation, class, and exploitation) and most of the key points of communism are poorly represented. For example, you've described the characteristics in captialistic terms (tax requires income which implies waged labour, which is the defining characteristic of the capitalist production system, but not of genuine Marxist systems). In short, what you've decribed is a balance between capitalism and communism that adopts a different balance point to that which is common in most western countries today. More-over, the basic concepts of capitalism are not defined, so a comparison becomes meaningless (comparing A and B requires that A and B be defined).
I'm not sure whether you're talking about communism as an analtical type, a practical political/economic system or something else. Do you want us to analyse your presentation of communism and the weaknesses of capitalism or something else entirely? |