I've always seen Communism better implemented as an economic structure opposed to a political system. Which might sound batty but really "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need" is more economical than governance, but we seem to want to govern the economy... Thinking on it now, does it seems strange to anyone else that a political system influences the economy? Why cannot they not be separate? I can't recall the exact wording, but I had a professor define government as a system that protects its citizens from foreign conquest or something to that affect...

@DreadlySmart the only problem with communism is humans wants more than the next guy. greed, envy, a different tone color, a higher chair, etc.

@GipsyOfNewSpain, agreed, but what I learned in College is that if you start with the 'ideal' situation (friction-less surface, infinite potentials, etc...) then through small permutations you can arrive at a real world solution. In QM this is perturbation theory but I feel it works with world issues as well.

@DreadlySmart I remember reading about the guy that invented Socialism sort of... Saint Simon? I remember in France he created a socialist community... the community was more successful after he died. I believe it was 19th century France.

What's the saying, competition breeds innovation? So you're thinking we need a globally accepted 'enemy', more or less, before we could even begin to construct a global political system?

You hinted at that if we eliminated currency and capitalism it would be easier to have a global political system, correct? I mean you still say 'spending' but I interpret that as; once capitalism falls and we're more like Earth in Star Trek that we're distributing 'resources' from all over the globe to enriching ourselves and not killing each other. There would still need to be checks on the ebb and flow of resources and that is where AI would be handy... So really we need to improve technology before we can improve our politics and right now politics hinder technological/scientific advancement.

They are going to be because of future technology making it so. You could argue that thenology has made food unlimited now as in fast food. What wouldnt be unlimited would be babies, couldnt have more then two kids. If you wanted more kids you would have to do a lottery. Sure sounds bad to some but right now we are ruining the planet for future generations. There is alway a sacrifice, most people in america and the western world only have one to two kids anyway.

Interesting, so you don't think this is possible even if people with beliefs in superstition and mythology were more tolerant to others of differing views?

@DreadlySmart only a Sith, deals in absolutes! So yeah. It's possible but very unlikely.