It ' s even better with sound 30 <| sep |> Come on I got an upvote . Someone <| sep |> Glad you liked it bro ! <| sep |> Why wouldn ' t you want to ? If you watch those lectures , it ' s very clearly explained that capitalism , as we live in it now , is a system of exploitation and theft , and we are all wage slaves . You go to work , and work an agreed upon time for an agreed upon wage , under the illusion that you have a choice to work there , when in reality it ' s either choose to be someone ' s wage slave , or choose to starve . You produce or provide a service , and are paid less than the actual value of what you produce . You have no ownership of the surplus in capital , money you make , it goes to your employer and their company . You spend more time at your job than you do , actually doing things you want to do , and are paid not nearly what you or your time worth . Socialism and by extension , communism get rid of this . You , as a worker , would have partial ownership of everything you produce , and the company itself . Rather than a board of directors , or upper management , you and all the other workers would act as those roles . Decisions on what to produce , how to produce it , how the surplus is used and distributed , are up to the people who actually produce it . While it may be limited to communities and smaller groups , there is no reason that multiple communist or socialist communities could not work together as a greater whole , and there is no reason why an authoritarian regime would be necessary . My knowledge on this is shaky , I am still learning . Worker coops are a good example of a form of this , and can be very expansive . One of the basic foundations of these ideas is from each according to their ability , to each according to their need . Those who can produce , do so . What they produce is for all , not just themselves and not just for a ruling capitalist . These ideas are in the words of Noam Chomsky , iirc simply an extension of democracy into the industrial and economic spheres . As a layman and newbie to these ideas , I cannot give you an indepth analysis of the economics . I am still learning myself . If you want a more detailed , knowledgeable answer , and if you want to buy in to the socialistcommunist idea , speak to the rest of the socialist and communist community and do your own research . edit and to very specifically answer your question , how you even get to that point of being able to try it out , without an authoritarian regime , I give the rather obvious solution working class uprising . Communism is the destination , socialism is the road by which to reach it , and the bourgeoisie are the locked gate standing between the proletariat and their road . I ' m not implying a violent uprising is a necessary first step , but an uprising nonetheless is the most direct way . Perhaps a gradual implementation of socialist policies into the current capitalist system while getting a large number of people on board , making changes by and through the system towards that road , kind of like what Bernie Sanders attempted to do , would be able to accomplish it . But a proletariat uprising is the most direct , and most obvious way .