Comment by Eisenstein

> No, I'm saying that "that sort of thinking" ... is communism.

Wow, you really fell for the propaganda. There is a huge middle ground between 'free market solves all problems' and 'communism'. I suggest looking into it.

> "keeping corporations from buying local resources" is a much weaker application of the same philosophy

The philosophy that property rights should not be more important than the basic needs of people to live may be 'a much weaker version of communism' but so is 'a corporation shouldn't be able to dump toxic waste wherever they please'. If you are so extreme that you think that leads to full blown communism then I don't think we have anything in common that can be discussed.