Thread: Does Communism still have a role to play, or is it dead?

Originally Posted by Hanna

I think I have invented a new ideology! "COMPUNISM"

So how about it Croc, you write the code and I manage the project, whaddya say?

Well, that is theoretically possible, however what do you do if you have the matching scores? How would you resolve the conflicts in that case? What if after the super-extra-complex calculations you have 3 chairs to divide among 7 people? How would you prefer one over the other? That would be SOCIAL INJUSTICE!1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111

If you have a shortage - that's not the communism, but if you have an extra, who would get it?

Seriously though, I think there are lots of things to dispute about above the 'basic needs', enough to create the injustice. The notion of the 'abilities' vs 'needs' is fundamentally controversial. I need that specific woman, but my abilities are not enough to get her. And so on...

The terms 'abilities' and 'needs' were coined at the time when that was still the major concern of the industrialized society. Now, it's apparent those terms have lost their initial meaning. For example, now Ramil wants to save souls from the capitalist BUL$$$IT. What does it have to do with 'needs'? If the goal is to satisfy the needs, why would the turning a person into a consumption machine is a concern all of a sudden? There's nothing in the Communist Party Manifesto that says being the consumption machine is bad or something like that.

Originally Posted by Crocodile

If you have a shortage - that's not the communism, but if you have an extra, who would get it?

Again, that's not an effective way of distributing wealth. The extra chairs will be immediately taken into a decomposition plant and the matter which constituted the extra chairs will be converted back to energy which in its turn will be converted back to a couple of glasses of martini for two of them who need some right now and the rest will be stored for future use.

Originally Posted by Ramil

The extra chairs will be immediately taken into a decomposition plant and the matter which constituted the extra chairs will be converted back to energy which in its turn will be converted back to a couple of glasses of martini for two of them who need some right now and the rest will be stored for future use.

LOL

"Карандышев (вставая). О, не раскайтесь! (Кладет руку за борт сюртука.) Вы должны быть моей.
Лариса. Чьей ни быть, но не вашей.
Карандышев (запальчиво). Не моей?
Лариса. Никогда!
Карандышев. Так не доставайся ж ты никому! (Стреляет в нее из пистолета.)
Лариса (хватаясь за грудь). Ах! Благодарю вас! (Опускается на стул.)"