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To: tejek who wrote (326712)	2/20/2007 9:04:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576346

" "True communism" of the type you're talking about not only has never existed on a wide scale, it probably can't exist on a wide scale." You're assuming by today's standards. I am not sure things won't change in the distant future. I'm not assuming by today's standards. I'm stating my opinion no matter what standards are applied. You're free to assert my opinion is wrong, but it isn't a matter of applying standards that are particular to today. In any case it is at least clear that such societies do not exist, have not existed, and currently can not exist, no matter what the distant future may hold. On the contrary, technologically, we are at the point where mass voting is very possible. Everyone could vote from their place of residence on important issues. Perhaps, on very important issues, this would be possible. But I'm not talking about very important issues. I'm talking of the billions or trillions of decisions that are made about how items are used and who gets to use them. Even if bandwidth was unlimited, voting was 100% secure, and everyone had a voting machine/computer implanted in his head and controlled by thought, my point would still hold. To repeat it - "If everyone owns everything, someone still has to make a decision. You can't have everyone vote any time something is to be done with property"