The response to this fracturing of our world into private fiefdoms to be exploited was conceptualized as socialism, a hope that social good could one day be held above personal gain.

Socialism, in all its rainbow variants, is merely a belief in

protecting what we share in common

Enter communists stage left offering

communes & bureaucracy

to fix things, basically saying “great idea guys just put me in charge.”

Which is how you get an ex-bank robber running things in Russia, with it working out about as well as one would expect including scripts full of

death & chicanery

Then you had the anarchists with their “great idea but let’s put NO ONE in charge” solution.

Prioritizing sincere expression over collective effort, they were sometimes shouty but at least more participatory.