Ayn Rand

[Tellos Athenaios]

I'm afraid you are wrong. A certain type of community in israel in the XX century did it, until capitalism took over. I can't quite remember the name. What about the lakota?

Also, you got the basics of socialism wrong.

~Jirisys ()

I was referring to 19th century ideas of socialism. The basic ideology of which is embodied in the communist “end game” scenario where the state is rendered redundant. And this 19th century socialism drew from staunch religious convictions, too. Nothing like the social democrats or revolutionaries of the 20th century.

It seems you are confused with 20th century versions of the ideal which are more often termed Leninist, Stalinist or Maoist depending on when&where you are looking --all of which incorporate a much more significant role for the government since they assume a change initiated from the top down rather than a from the bottom up.