(A disciple:) [In India] the forests are being depleted of animals.
Sri Aurobindo: The forests have to be preserved and also the wildlife. China destroyed all her forests and the result is that there is flood every year.
In Socialism you have the State which intervenes at every step with its officials who rob money.... It is the State bureaucracy that dictates the policy irrespective of the good of the commune. In Communism they hold the land as the common property of the whole unit, and each one is entitled to labour and to have his share from the produce.
In India we had a kind of communism in the villages. The whole village was like a big family and the lowest had his right as a member of the family. The washerman, the carpenter, the blacksmith, the barber, all got what they needed. That is the only communism that is practicable. Each such commune can be independent and many such units can be scattered all over the country and they can combine or coordinate their activities for a common purpose.
excerpted again from India's rebirth, part V. bold by me
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