Why are all Atheists Stalin loving, pinkos??

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I don't think this is the reason. The reason it doesn't work is because it creates a fantasy super egalitarian society forgetting that inequalities are unavoidable, natural and even desirable; social class exists and it has always existed.

I agree with the criticism, but I think that the taking of someone's labor is more galling, and more resented.

I don't think we should criticize because of excellence - The phrase "To each according to his own needs, to each according to his ability" (Marx) means that everyone gets a minimum but then you are rewarded if you possess a good skill or ability - The difference is that there are no social classes.

I think you have that quote wrong; it reads from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. This gives it, of course, an entirely different meaning, and is one of the points on which I base my opinion.

I'm not defending communism, but people criticize it for the bad reasons. The communist manifesto from Marx isn't even an utopia, utopian socialism was BEFORE Marx, after that it's labelled literally as scientific socialism. The manifesto tries to basically produce a set of values and principles to lead a society into communism and dismantle capitalism within limitations, it doesn't predict a perfect society and it doesn't promise everything will be a bed of roses.

My criticism of communism in the abstract, I have already laid out. My criticism of communism in the real world is based on the fact that it seems to require force to implement, and that makes me think that it has missed an important part of human psychology.

It looks as good as fascism -

Damned by faint praise, indeed.