No.13: System comparison: Communism vs Electric Technocracy
- Mike Miller
- Jun 6
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 7
“Communism – The Failed Utopia”
A Historical and Systemic Critique in Comparison with Electronic Technocracy
I. Definition: What Is Communism?
Communism is a political ideology and societal model based on the idea of a classless, stateless society in which all means of production are collectively owned and used. It was primarily theorized by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century.
The goal: the complete abolition of capitalism, the elimination of private ownership of production means, and the establishment of a socially just society – without state, without money, without elites.
II. Theoretical Ideal vs. Reality
A. Utopia on Paper
No exploitation of man by man
Social equality through central planning
Full social security, education, and healthcare for all
B. Reality in Implementation
Totalitarian state power instead of a classless society
Bureaucratic centralism: opaque, inefficient, repressive
Economic collapse through planned economy, shortages, and stifled innovation
III. Historical Crimes and Systemic Failures
1. Soviet Union (1917–1991)
Stalin’s purges: 20 million deaths through labor camps (Gulag), famine, executions
Holodomor: artificially induced famine in Ukraine with up to 7 million dead
Surveillance and fear: KGB, denunciation, political prisoners
2. People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong
Great Leap Forward (1958–62): mass famine with over 30 million deaths
Cultural Revolution: destruction of culture, intelligentsia, religion – millions deported or killed
Total surveillance with repressive social control to this day
3. Cambodia under Pol Pot (1975–1979)
Genocide of 2 million people (25% of the population), mainly intellectuals
Forced return to a supposed “pure” agrarian society – with violence, hunger, and forced labor
IV. Weaknesses of the Communist Model
Centralized planned economy: lacks flexibility, hostile to innovation, leads to shortages
Abolition of private property: often results in demotivation and inefficiency
Suppression of freedom: ideological dogmatism, persecution of dissent
Bureaucratization: the party replaces the elite – but becomes a new ruling class
V. Communism vs. Electronic Technocracy
Communism | Electronic Technocracy |
Ideology-driven | Evidence- and data-based |
Centralized control | Decentralized and flexible |
Collective over individual | Individual protected within the system |
Scarcity economy | Optimization via adaptive algorithms |
Repression for equality | Freedom through transparency and balance |
Electronic Technocracy learns from communism’s failure without abandoning the vision of a just society. Instead of equality through coercion: equivalence through intelligent, self-correcting systems. Instead of bureaucracy: machine clarity and public traceability.
VI. Conclusion: Communism – Equality in Misery
Communism aimed to create paradise on Earth – but brought hell, hunger, and domination. Its core flaw – the confusion of equality with uniformity – led to its collapse. Electronic Technocracy offers no ideology, but a method: an architecture that interlinks human rights, ecological balance, and scientific evidence—rather than playing them off against each other.
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PoliticalWiki: Electric Technocracy
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