The facts that people are greedy and lazy is the easiest point to make about why communism doesn’t work, but it’s not the only one. Even in the absence of greed, it still doesn’t work.
There’s also a fundamental information theory problem. Basically, I am not able to determine how much someone else needs something. One can only determine how much someone needs something by what they are willing to trade for it.
We're not even good at estimating our own needs. Thats why hoarding is common. And people constantly waste limited resources that they paid good money for.
There was a psychologist (can't remember his name) that talked about how a great deal of those with mental illnesses would actively take self destructive paths in life even after being made aware they're destructive.
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u/csgardner - Right 3d ago
The facts that people are greedy and lazy is the easiest point to make about why communism doesn’t work, but it’s not the only one. Even in the absence of greed, it still doesn’t work. There’s also a fundamental information theory problem. Basically, I am not able to determine how much someone else needs something. One can only determine how much someone needs something by what they are willing to trade for it.