Full Idea
Green condemned pure communism, not in the name of any abstract rights of the individual, but of the right of the community itself to the best that individuals can contribute through the free and spontaneous exercise of their powers of self-expression.
Gist of Idea
Communism is wrong because it restricts the freedom of individuals to contribute to the community
Source
report of T.H. Green (Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation [1882]) by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State IV
Book Reference
Muirhead,John H.: 'The Service of the State: T.H. Green' [John Murray 2021], p.93
A Reaction
Interesting. In a very authoritarian communist state it does seem that citizens are less able to contribute to the general good. But extreme liberty seems also to undermine the general good. Hm.