• bryce0110@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That’s not really what communism is.

    Neither left nor right is inherently authoritarian. Both contain authoritarian and libertarian ideologies.

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      1 year ago

      Let’s take a second. How exactly would communism work? What if someone didn’t want to work?

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        1 year ago

        I love how this question ignores the consequences of not working in the current system, and that modern forms of forced labor are both common and do exist.

        And inb4 you reply: no, I don’t support communism but your question made me chuckle.

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          1 year ago

          You can go beg and be homeless in the current system. In Communism, you get sent to gulag.

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            1 year ago

            The mother of a friend of mine was homeless in the GDR. She got a flat, she got education, she got work, she got a nice family, she had healthcare, they bought a house. My friend is much worse off now.

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            1 year ago

            Ah, yeah, communism equals gulag bc there are no other possible ways of doing communism. And good thing you can be poor and homeless now, sounds like a grand ol’ time! Just ignore the fact that some folks do pretty crime bc they’d rather spend time in jail for a guaranteed meal and shelter, but w/e, at least it’s not Disney fairytale communism.

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        1 year ago

        I want to own the value I produce. Currently I sell my time to an owner. The value I produce through my work is sold by the owner. Any excess after costs goes to the owner. The owner did not work to produce the value.

        Why should owners be supported by the excess value produced by workers?

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        1 year ago

        If there genuinely, no matter what, is no way to get someone to work on something without threatening them with starving to death if they don’t do it, please ask yourself this: Is that work necessary? Is that work worth it?