Communism vs. Christianity

 

Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film that stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain analogues to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.

What's wrong with a world run by Smart People?

One could say it is as simple as pride. Our classic science fiction is full of warnings that ego leads people with strong intellects to believe themselves to be infallible in judgment, even while acting for what they think is the Good, the canonical example from film being Forbidden Planet (1956). 

Let us stipulate what Rule by Smart People is not. It is not the idea that all of us are Stupid People. This is the Christian view, that we are all Stupid. There can be no such thing as Rule by Smart People, only Rule by People who Think They are Smart but are Actually Stupid. This is why Communism is fundamentally at odds with Christianity.