[quote=AN][quote=CA renter]All is correct about about the economic system not being communist if private individuals are allowed to own these companies.[/quote]I’m not talking about economic system. I’m talking about communism tend to breed corruption and allow it to run rampant. Just look at all the real life examples. I’m not here to discuss theories.[/quote]
Communism is a type of economic system. Corruption can happen under any type of economic system; it is not specific to communism (or capitalism). Corruption is the problem, not communism.
You can have a very powerful and authoritative political structure while also having very weak and/or corrupt (usually intentionally so) enforcement capabilities. In a corrupt economy — no matter the type — you tend to get a concentration of power in the agencies/bureaus that control things, and the individuals in charge deliberately weaken or corrupt the enforcement agencies. It’s been going on here, too.
[Edited to add that enforcement agencies can often be corrupted in addition to, or instead of, being weakened.]
