From: lessgovt@gmail.com   
      
   Seraphina, June 5   
   There's also the problem with all forms of socialism that they are founded on   
   the idea of central planning. No matter what name a socialist system goes by,   
   they all have central planning at their heart. Central planning doesn't work   
   because it cannot    
   adapt to every dynamic situation for every group’s unique needs and wants,   
   and the bureaucrats that decide how everything is going to be run often have   
   no practical experience. Solving things at the lowest level possible is always   
   going to be the most    
   efficient and effective.   
      
   However, the real harm of planned societies is the necessity of centralized   
   power that has the authority to enforce the planning. Centralized power   
   results in tyranny 100% of the time because it is a magnet for the corrupt and   
   power hungry.   
      
   You could argue that it will work with the right people, but this is a very   
   foolish notion because you can no more guarantee that everyone in a position   
   of power will not abuse that power than you can guarantee that each of us   
   would always do the right    
   thing with no threat of personal consequences if we don't.   
      
   What's more is that Marxist socialism is impossible because you cannot abolish   
   hierarchies. You cannot have a planned economy without centralized authority,   
   and the moment some hold authority over others, you have a hierarchy. Central   
   planning and power    
   with a hierarchical structure is functionally fascism.   
      
   If you want proof of that, look at the CCP. They have a government based on   
   central planning over both society and economy that is strictly enforced.   
   They're highly nationalist and are adamant about blood and soil. They imprison   
   ethnic groups that don't    
   conform to their vision of how things must be, and they use brutal   
   authoritarian methods to keep the population under control.   
      
   Now consider every other communist revolution. The people who gain power never   
   give it up, and the people end up with a dictatorship that's supported by an   
   oligarchy.   
      
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