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 I’m coming to the conclusion that humanity’s default setting is communism as it’s still ingrained in our code from 10,000 years ago, in our hunter-gatherer period, when there was little need for private property because people moved frequently and relied on collective efforts for survival. Communism is a survival technique for the weak. 
 Have you considered capitalism a system created by nature? Someone always comes out better off when competing. Failure to win resources in nature means you lose. No bailouts. No regulations. Pure competition.