The case can be made also for a communist dictatorship - within a nuclear family.
Yes, the biggest difference between the “communism” of the early church and what the left proposes is the coercive factor.
It’s funny, though, that every leftist that I’ve talked to has a big blind spot about the coercion factor, I mean they seriously can’t understand why someone wouldn’t WANT someone in power telling them how to distribute their wealth.
I have no problem giving to the people in my 'commune' because I know them and I know they really need it and aren't going to waste it. Can't say the same for some government program.
Agree with you both . . . the “communism” of Acts was in the form of a voluntary religious community. It was not state communism at all.