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So you want to change the name of ideology, that postulates free market relations as important part of human freedoms? Fine, it can be Classic Liberalism if you want.
i dont see why even communism would mean there are no free markets: in the most basic definitiv communism is (economically) a system in which the working people control the means of production. this could e.g. be achieved if all companies were work coops - thus workers controlled the companies and therefore the means of production if we dont change anything else there will still be a free market
Uh-huh. How do we define means of production? Can I come to your home and take your PC? I mean that's means of productions alright. So it shouldn't be privatized, and thus, traded.
(are we seriously discussing communism supporting free market? are we seriously considering communism as a sane ideology? what next, try nazism, because real nazism was never tried?)
Private property (as opposed to personal property) is property owned by individuals or entities that generate profits from others' labor, and is abolished under communism. So, no, you can't take someone's personal PC (or any personal property). I'm not that deep into communist theory or thought, so not sure if "free markets" can exist under communism (I know money and states don't exist), but I know there are theoretical socialist societies where free markets exist (market socialism, anarcho-syndicalism, etc).