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Shenanigans of Altruism lead to Communism

Shenanigans of Altruism lead to Communism
August 21, 2012
1Voluntaryism

Theory of communism is strictly based on the treaty of altruism which suggests that individuals are morally obliged to benefit others. The earliest theorists of utopian communism used altruism as the major force that will lead towards the success of communism. One of the earliest and major communistic works is ‘Code of Nature, Or, The True Spirit of Laws’ which was written by Morelly which was published in 1755. The book was essentially against property, marriage, state, police, and religion. Morelly described that his communistic utopia is strictly based on the moral principle, “Do good in order to receive good.” While those words may seem harmless but the interpretation of those words by Morelly was highly caustic and anti-human in nature. This work of Morelly proved to be highly influential for the later communist theorist because he not only criticized the concept of private property, but also, he asserted that where no property exists, none of its pernicious consequences could exist…1 . He suggested that all property should be owned in common and nothing in society will belong to anyone, either as a personal possession or as capital goods, except the things for which the person has immediate use, for …Read the Rest