🌟 WHAT COMMUNISM MISUNDERSTANDS — AND WHAT ZION REALLY IS
🌟 WHAT COMMUNISM MISUNDERSTANDS — AND WHAT ZION REALLY IS
A Walk Through the Nemenhah, Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon
🪶 “We do make lovely and comely things, but we do not allow them to become costly.”
— Ahkuh Wihnayihm, Chapter Five
I grew up thinking communism and socialism meant “sharing everything.”
But when you look at history — Russia, China, Cuba, Cambodia — what you actually see isn’t sharing.
It’s coercion.
If “sharing” were all it meant, then the Nemenhah would be the most communist people in history.
But they weren’t.
Not even close.
The Nephites after Christ weren’t.
The Saints Joseph tried to gather in Missouri weren’t.
The people of Enoch weren’t.
All of them lived with “all things in common,” but none of them lived anything close to communism.
So what’s the difference?
Why is one rooted in peace — and the other rooted in blood?
Let’s walk through it.
❌ 1. Communism Forces — Zion Invites
Communism begins with force:
the State takes your land
the State controls your labor
the State decides your future
resistance leads to punishment or death
In every nation that tried it, millions died.
The Nemenhah would have said:
“You cannot build peace with coercion.”
Zion is the opposite.
Zion begins with voluntary covenant:
nobody confiscates anything
people choose to consecrate
you keep stewardship
love, not fear, motivates unity
Joseph Smith taught the same.
The Lord invited the Saints into consecration; He never forced them.
Communism demands obedience.
Zion invites love.
❌ 2. Socialism Replaces God With Government — Zion Places God at the Center
Socialism assumes:
“If the government runs everything, things will be fair.”
This has never worked.
The Nemenhah teach:
🪶 “Peace is the Law… and peace must begin in the heart.”
— Ahkuh Wihnayihm 6:28–31
Zion works from the inside → out.
Socialism works from the outside → in.
The first transforms hearts.
The second suppresses them.
🌿 3. The Nemenhah Practiced Consecration — Not Forced Equality
The Nemenhah shared everything:
food
tools
knowledge
beautiful garments
whale bone
medicines
But the key difference:
Nobody forced them.
When someone made something exquisite, they taught everyone how to make it so it would not become “costly.”
When someone prospered greatly, the surplus was voluntarily given to the poor.
When someone faltered in a dance or ceremony, the people honored them.
No police.
No confiscation.
No coercion.
Just covenant love.
📘 4. The Book of Mormon Shows Zion — and the Counterfeit
After Christ descended:
“They had all things common among them; therefore they were all free.”
(4 Nephi 1:3)
Notice the word: free.
Not controlled.
Not taxed.
Not redistributed by decree.
They were free because they loved each other.
Contrast this with the Gadiantons:
power
gain
control
secrecy
This looks far closer to communism and socialism than anything Zion ever was.
Zion = love-based unity.
Communism = fear-based uniformity.
🏔️ 5. Enoch’s City Reveals the Pattern
The City of Enoch thrived because:
they were of one heart
of one mind
no poor among them
they walked with God
This is consecration.
Communism tries to remove poverty by force.
Zion removes poverty by changing hearts.
One works.
One destroys.
🔥 6. Why Communism Fails Every Time
Communism expects broken, selfish, fearful humans to suddenly become generous when ordered by the State.
But a forced gift is not a gift.
A coerced sacrifice is not a sacrifice.
Zion, the Nemenhah way, teaches:
🪶 “If peace is not in the heart, the law is empty.”
— Ahkuh Wihnayihm 6:33
Zion flows from inner transformation.
Communism tries to copy the outward structure without the inner change — and it always collapses.
🌄 7. What We’re Actually Striving For
We are not striving for:
❌ communism
❌ socialism
❌ forced equality
❌ government redistribution
We are striving for:
🌿 voluntary consecration
🌿 stewardship
🌿 lifting the poor from love
🌿 no pride
🌿 no coercion
🌿 unity with the Peacemaker
🌿 a people who choose God over possessions
Or in the Book of Mormon’s words:
“They were in one, the children of Christ.”
(4 Nephi 1:17)
Or in the Nemenhah’s words:
🪶 “All things are done in common… there is no costly thing.”
This isn’t socialism.
This isn’t communism.
This is Zion.
And Zion will come again — not through governments, but through hearts turning to Christ.
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