RE: Taxation is Theft!
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As usual, thought provoking and challenging of my worldview. On that note about communism, I've recently noticed that the modern publicly traded corporation looks an awful lot like what Marx described as communism. It exists outside of state power to a degree, it's largely held by the working class through retirement funds rather than by individuals (worker owned), and it transcends international borders. Obviously the whole class structure and money is still intact, but there are quite a few parallels. Conservatives especially have their heads explode when I point this out.
My biggest issue with communism though has always been the calculation problem associated with trying to eliminate money. My second biggest issue with that is the implication the elimination of money has on the human right of free association. If I, of my own free will, decide to trade my labor (or any product of it) for a wage or other form of payment, I will be attacked by some enforcement agent in the community, as will the person I'm selling it to. These are very problematic, and I believe that either of these problems disqualifies communism as a workable solution for even small communities.
I forgot to mention that the reason why many forms of communism don't work is because everything has to be controlled in a centralized manner. This is especially true if we try to eliminate money (which is a really dumb idea). Society must assign reputations to its members, and money is a baseline form of reputation that signals to everyone how much value someone is bringing to the table and taking away.
Using crypto it will be quite easy to create advanced communist/capitalist/socialist hybrid communities. For example, what happens when a community pops up that equally divides all value created by automation to all its members? Is that communism, capitalism, or socialism? Things like this are going to be created that don't actually fall into these pre-defined boxes.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonas_eliasson_how_to_solve_traffic_jams?language=en
Go to 1:25 of this video.
This is why capitalism scales better: no one is in charge of these things.