Yeah, they all seem to see it as something different and not really communist.

I would think you could make chairs but they would have to be transferred to a communal warehouse. You would be able to get wood for chairs but only wood for chairs made for the commune. Your friend could make beer but the same deal, make for the commune and draw ingredients from the commune. Skimming for yourself would be criminal.

You could not mow your neighbors yard unless that was a job assigned to you by the commune, you could not even mow your own yard. Your labor is not for you to choose, if you are capable of labor the commune will decide what and when you work. The commune may select an AI to make these decisions of who works what and who gets what. You will not be allowed privacy, you will be subject to surveillance whenever and wherever the commune (AI) decides. Attempting to avoid surveillance would be criminal.

Standard of living would be the same for everyone except those being punished breaking the rules. The commune would set up a social credit system, nobody would be allowed to rise above the level of unpunished communist. Everyone who never broke the rules would have the same privileges and standard of living. Distribution of scarce goods would be by lottery and goods can only be transferred to the commune not between individuals. No labor may be performed except as assigned by the commune. There would be no elites, rules would be approved by the majority of all communists (except those who's punishment was disenfranchisement). All enfranchised communists could propose rules and any rule that receives approval of the majority of communists becomes law.

How much of the rule making, goods distribution, work assignments, surveillance and punishment would be conducted by an AI would be the decision for the body communist.

I don't want to live in that world, it would be a terrible place.

TEK