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@Colon capital V theft is an unjust act. This has been known since ancient times. The Book of Exodus, for example, speaks on what is the correct punishment for certain types of theft. Permitting thievery only encourages criminal actors, and demoralizes the rest of the populace. However, if the state judges seizure of assets against an individual or company to be just, then in practice it is not theft, but just action. Is the state always correct? No, but it is the institution that represents the whole collective, and thus has the most legitimacy in these matters. It is also the physically most powerful institution, and decides which institutions are tolerated and which are criminal. Merchants and companies do not exist in isolation. They cannot function without the state's protection. Hence, if a company ceases to be a net benefit to the state, and thus the masses, then the state is justified in punishing said company.
Communism, as Marx envisioned it, cannot exist on a nationwide or global scale because only the state has the strength to enforce it. A state needs hierarchy to function , thus creating an irony where a class system is trying to force a classless society. On the other side, a free market can only exist with state intervention. Since wealth naturally consolidates, and the wealthiest individuals will begin to interfere in the market and state to preserve their position.
Thus I would say that this wealth consolidation we see cannot be defeated with individual acts of vagrancy, but with collective action.
Communism, as Marx envisioned it, cannot exist on a nationwide or global scale because only the state has the strength to enforce it. A state needs hierarchy to function , thus creating an irony where a class system is trying to force a classless society. On the other side, a free market can only exist with state intervention. Since wealth naturally consolidates, and the wealthiest individuals will begin to interfere in the market and state to preserve their position.
Thus I would say that this wealth consolidation we see cannot be defeated with individual acts of vagrancy, but with collective action.
