Those things you mentioned are voluntary, not ordered by the force of law and govt mandate.
As far as I know, the little I know of, communism does not force you to work. Nonetheless, as with any other economic activity it recognizes that you and I must create something of value. It also recognizes the fact that we are communal beings by nature (aka tribal) and that we feel the closest affiliation (after your family of course) to out communities, hence their entire philosophy can be explained sort of like "take care of your own community, talk it out with your neighbors, get together with the people you work with and decide what is most beneficial for the ENTIRE group, not just a handful of executives". In essence, it puts the emphasis of sovereignty on yourself and your relationship to your community. The only problem? The state takes in money via taxes, hence the need for bureaucracy and the chance for corruption to rear its ugly head.
Now, I do not want to sound as though I am for communism, I am not, I just want to dissipate some of the erroneous stereotypes of communism and remove the stigma around anything that doesn't smell like people MUST make a profit otherwise the world is going down the drain. Let it be known, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.
BTW - you liberals who attack big business are the same ones begging for jobs from them.
Again, no one is ATTACKING Big Business, we are just DEMANDING, as The People, for some type of checks and balances, to force these people to pay their fair share to our society.
I, for one, AN AMERICAN, do not find "normal" or "democratic" to see an American corporation move its entire operation to let's say, for the sake of the argument, China because of
cheaper labor costs, have the people over there work 6 days a week, 12 hour shifts, pay them $5 a day and then turn around, grab a bunch of pants that cost them $ 1.00 to make over in China and sell them here for $ 50.00. Which is what the American media are now praising as the new Chinese capitalist way of life by the way: Work loooooong hours, get grossly underpaid and don't complain.
If you're not American enough to make your business here, you're not American enough to sell your business here!