So in other words it's a less efficient use of resources.
Wrong. It's come from technology, something that socialists do not encourage (by policies; they may claim to want it, but they always end up retarding it).
According to you only. And considering that you want to replace this with forced redistribution and getting rid of private property, you're not really in a place to talk about "voluntary, mutually beneficial trade."
Private property inevitably has people lease out that property, in any number of forms, the most pertinent of which to our conversation is allowing men to use your machines (or your land, or your resources) to produce things if they give you an agreed-upon slice of whatever money selling those things makes.
Are you serious? Starving has not been a legitimate concern in Western countries for decades. We, nowadays, have the only civilizations in history where the poor are too fat. More relevant, however, is that employers can only threaten such a thing if they have the bludgeon of nonwhite labor.
Moreover, if this system was so bad we would see more successful alternatives pop up some time, somewhere on the planet in the past seven thousand years. That we haven't is an indicator.
Neither does a machine on its own. Neither does land.
Everything is a means of production. I can use anything to create something.
They shouldn't. Such a distinction is unnecessary and retarded, since there is neither a fundamental difference between the two besides arbitrary scale nor anyone who would want to give up the idea of private property (which is literally the basis of civilization).
No, you're saying that the wealth created by you and your forefather's labor (the factory, machines, etc.) should suddenly be taken away and be given to others because apparently now they're the only ones doing any labor.
It's a retarded system of morals that works ass-backwards by saying "Well, what do I feel is fair?" instead of "What works best?"
And the farmhand gets what he agrees to. So where's the problem?
But it hasn't. The most successful civilizations have universally been ones that recognize private property and the ability to rent.
So, in other words, their non-communist adversaries were stronger and more successful? Why would I want to choose the weaker system instead of the one that makes me victorious over others?
The global superpowers?!
Ah, the leaders in the technology industry. Feared bastions of military might, able to fend off any attack against them. Centers of high art and culture, renowned the world over.
Living like chimps is a possibility, but you'd have to be a retard to live like a chimp or a communist.
Again, why should I choose the systems that exist only at the mercy of others? I'll choose success and strength, thanks, not "Look, it finally maybe worked, guys!"
When you drive a car, do you drive the safest, fastest, or most powerful? Or do you drive the mud-brick wagon your crazy neighbor finally got to stop falling to pieces?