Anonymous
asked:
Why do communists seem to think that competitive markets and providing a standard of social welfare for people are mutually exclusive?
answered:
Well, not all of them do, see market socialism, but there are aesthetic and political yearnings for a more communitarian approach which run much deeper.
Also, some of them think markets will inevitably subvert public ownership of the state, since they tend to accumulate wealth, and wealth is a form of power.