Yes, the quote can be seen as a fallacy. And I understand the issues with communism, that ultimately it never works. The Native Americans used two punishments: Shame and Banishment. And of course, we would have to completely obliterate the globalization that we have produced over the last maybe two centuries, but all for the best. Everyone would work collectively, of course (as is the goal of communism), but I believe a degree of human nature is based out of selfishness, or it is affected by our present society. I wrote an essay on the idea of dissent, and to what extent it should be allowed. Instead of saying it should not be allowed, I said we should use two steps: Enlightenment and Empowerment. We must first enlighten on the ways of community, and global unity, and then once they have learnt the ways (we'd have to start young, like the Hitler Youth, but without racial or (hopefully) social disparity between peoples) of community, and communism, we would show them that they have the power to have their demands met. They are empowered to change the world. Anyway, back to Shame and Banishment. This would be after the Enlightenment and Empowerment, once we'd developped the communities. If anyone wasn't pulling their weight, they would be shamed, as a kind of warning. And if they continued, they would be banished. And in the way they did it, I believe, they were supposed to act as if they could not even see this person, as if he/she were a ghost. And then, perhaps this person would go to another (small) community. If he did it again, he would be banished again. Until eventually, she gets the picture, and begins to work. I think communism is possible, and I believe there are good people, and you might call me an optimist, but I feel it could be done. Also, in my essay, I mentioned how there is only one thing in common we all have, and that is what we are: humans, living on this earth. I had hoped that this system, of enlightenment and empowerment, would encourage people to work towards a cleaner environment, after having been indoctrinated to think about others perhaps a little more than themselves, or as well as themselves. The earth would be a focal point, just like freedom was 60 years ago. That is why, part of me, hopes for a global catastrophe (not that I want anyone hurt, but I think that is what it will take for people to get over this social, and emotional high of complete freedom). Anyway, that's what I think about it, but of course, that's not the only way to things. Morgainn.