The political aside treats communism and anarchism as attractive theories whose success depends on how people weigh other people's needs against their own. In this interpretation, both systems assume a degree of altruism and self-restraint that people do not consistently display. The argument is pessimistic about present behavior while allowing that society might change in the future. It is a political philosophy digression, separate from the campaign's fictional events.
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Communism, anarchism, and assumptions about human behavior
A political aside argues that communism and anarchism depend on people assigning enough weight to other people's needs, which makes their theoretical appeal hard to realize in practice.