Start Now - Hurry!

In Seth Godin's book, Small is the new big, there is an essay called Start Now - Hurry! (pp.225-230). I found a very interesting definition of Communism. Now, Seth is an extroverted Capitalist. But when I read the conclusion to his essay, I found myself nodding in agreement as he wrote about starting your own business:

The best part of this exercise [starting your own business] comes when you realize you are smart enough, motivated enough, and focused enough to actually do this. Once you decide that you could actually run the place, you'll realize that no other option is satisfying.

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Here's the crux of the matter: Organizations where the people doing the work are the very same people who are making the decisions are more likely to succeed in the long run. Just about all the sins of American business (from environmental despoilation to accounting fraud can be pinned on the anonymous bureaucracy. Entrepreneurs can't be anonymous - it's your decision, your policy, your work, your business - and so you're fast and honest, or you're out. There's nowhere else to pass the buck.

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pp.229-230
small is the new big,
by Seth Godin
Penguin Books (2006)

Emphasis Mine

The essential definition of Communism is that the two (2) classes of Capitalism, owners and workers, have merged into one (1) class - worker-owners. That is it.

This also why a Communist society can only emerge out of a Capitalist one. The two (2) classes have to emerge from a lower economic system and develop. Once the development proceeds far enough, these two (2) classes have to make a conscious decision to merge. There is no automatic process.

The real question is how much development of the two (2) classes is enough before the amalgamation can proceed? I don't know but Mr. Godin is probably saying that workers should be considering starting their own businesses. I would say that workers should start planning to take over the businesses instead. The same development of the worker is required.