In a communist system, the individuals who create the commune take charge of shaping its economic structure. This means they control how resources are distributed and how production is organized, with the intent of implementing a collective ideology. The focus is on promoting equality among members of the commune, eliminating personal ownership, and working towards shared goals.

Rose Wilder Lane's work, "The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority," highlights the implications of such economic planning, suggesting that while it aims to cultivate fairness, it often leads to centralized control and a lack of personal freedoms. This can result in conflicts between individual desires and the commune's collective requirements, raising questions about the effectiveness of such an economic approach.