Something I've always wondered is, assuming a hypothetical perfect communist system, what would the standard of living look like? I've seen people try to make arguments based on taking the GDP/GNP then dividing it by the population, which works out at about $70k per person. But then they're picturing that within a current system of artificially constrained housing supply, for profit healthcare/education, and 10x price markups. Assuming a perfectly efficient system in which the only costs are resources + time, and 90% of society's labor isn't going to sustaining completely useless overhead, what does the average lifestyle look like?
@malwaretech I think the standard of living would be pretty good in a "hypothetical perfect communist system", but it would be even better in a system where "true free markets" can exist.
In my humble opinion the current capitalist system in the western world is closer to communism than most people think regarding corruption because so many systems of needless regulations are in place. Sure, you need laws, but most of the current regulations are in place only to facilitate some form of manipulation of said market. For example, the bank and finance systems are horrible.
