There are three rules of power in communism that I feel have been neglected by the nations that attempted to be early starters, rules that preserve the nature of the revolution in the face of the very pressures from human nature that lead to the greatest abuses within prior ecopolitical arrangements. I believe that any system that ignores these rules will fail due to either bureaucratism or centralist power-grabbing.
- Management/Leaders must come directly from the people led. Workers must, when and to the extent that management is necessary, be managed by fellow workers, and so much as possible, this management must not be a fulltime position -- managers are and should remain workers. There should be no "management track" -- any worker must theoretically be electable to management/leadership. Some workers/managed may not be interested in management, and they may so choose not to run.
- Managers/Leaders are elected from the workers/managed people, and are recallable in spot elections at any time. It may be argued that the need for greater stability or to pass a crisis may mandate a time without elections, but under good socialism, one should instead rely on the ability of the people to make that judgement call -- it may not be imposed.
- Managers/Leaders shall have no special privileges for their position
It is worth noting that (see Freud, Civilization and its Discontents) to some extent, supression of some human urges are necessary to building an advanced society. These rules are aimed squarely against a number of urges that are very destructive to society, and neatly remove a number of effects from the typical enactment of those urges.