A few quick thoughts on the difference between communal living and the government owning and running all businesses. Without wanting to get lost in all the official definitions of communism, socialism, etc., here are some thoughts.
If government owns and runs all the businesses -- even if it provides equal pay -- that is different than communal living. There is still an owner -- the government -- and the government is not the people. Under communal living, there is no one above the community, the people. As a general rule, government ownership of all things is not good.
Not all government-owned, government-ran businesses are bad, however. Such things as the Postal Service might be better to be government-owned, government-ran. Indeed, such things as prisons definitely should not be "privatized."
Consider Joseph sold into Egypt, and how he -- as a government official -- saved food for seven years of plenty, then distributed it during the seven years of famine. Would we say that that was wrong, or unwise, or wicked?
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