No, that is capitalism. With communism, ALL people are free and the necessities of life provided. Capitalism, as evidenced by the few rich elite, hoards the capital and the workers are left to fend for themselves.
All people are free under communism? That would explain the constant tourism trade between the Soviets and the Caribbean. Oh, and of course the Chinese are free as well, right? Don't forget the North Koreans, who are free...to starve, while their psychotic leader sets off underground nukes to make himself feel special.
The claim that communism makes all people free is truly one of the most unbelievable I've ever seen on these forums. If communism is so bloody free, then why have so many people in the past hundred years risked their lives to escape it? I suppose that the people trying to get over the Berlin Wall were prevented from doing so for their own safety.
Capitalists hoard all the wealth? Strange that I, who would be considered poor by my income, have a car, a computer, decent furniture, a cellphone, a roof over my head, regular meals, a DVD player, a digital piano, plenty of clothing, a pet hamster (my son's), a growing collection of music (both CDs and sheet music), books galore, my son plays baseball every summer...and again, by our society's standards I am POOR. Yet amazingly I manage to get by and I continue to work to improve my standard of living. Under communism, I would not have that opportunity, because everything would be doled out by the state according to what people like you think I need. And frankly, you don't have the right to tell me what I need. I can figure that out for myself, and I can earn my own way in life. What I have, I've earned, as have many people in similar circumstances to my own.
I'm not rich, I probably never will be rich, but I'm not going to moan and whine about how other people have more than me, because I don't judge my life on how other people live theirs. I'm secure enough in my humanity and my life to accept that others will have more than me. I try to help those less fortunate than myself, but I don't have my hand out demanding that the rich people in town hand me what they've earned. If I need something, I'll earn it myself. I bought myself a piano after saving for two years, because I wanted to EARN it, not have it handed to me. Nobody gave it to me, and I wouldn't have it any other way. And next I'm going to save up to get my teeth fixed, to get myself a color laser printer (and save a huge amount on ink costs), and hopefully a CD-MP3 player to install in my car. Things that I want, things that I can strive for, and things that a communist society would not allow me to have because there aren't enough for everyone to go around.
Alright, they'd let me get my teeth fixed. Assuming I'd trust a communist society to have properly-trained dentists, which I frankly don't.