Under communism, what stuff would you own? |
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condor
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 24 2005 Location: Norwich Status: Offline Points: 1069 |
Topic: Under communism, what stuff would you own? Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:24 |
I have this fear that communism might be wasted if we continue to own mass-produced items simply through tradition or anti-social mindsets/egoism.
Apart from a toothbrush, towel and laptop, there's not much else I want to own.
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Guldbamsen
Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:26 |
I'm pretty fond of my toilet and roof.
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TeleStrat
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:32 |
I'm pretty fond of everything I own and I plan on keeping it all.
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Meltdowner
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10215 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:32 |
^^ He doesn't need a toilet, he just creates a new thread
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condor
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 24 2005 Location: Norwich Status: Offline Points: 1069 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:38 |
Even if you have to work twice as many hours to buy stuff than you would if it was common property?
Sorry, but what's the advantage of owning a house if it's affordable to travel and stay in youth hostels? I'm not trying to make people feel ashamed for buying property, I just don't understand why you would want to when under communism it would be cheaper to rent.
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GKR
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1376 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:44 |
What?
Edited by GKR - October 13 2015 at 11:44 |
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- From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
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GKR
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1376 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:49 |
A simple thing to understand is: what will be abolished in communism is the private property of the means of production (just to use this to-much-repeated terms), and not personal belongings...
You could even put a house or a appartement as personal belongings, since everyone have the right to have a home (of course this is a lot more complex, but I'll not make a thesis here). So... this question is stange, at least. |
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GKR
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1376 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 11:51 |
By the way: this.
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- From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
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emigre80
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 25 2015 Location: kentucky Status: Offline Points: 2223 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 13:55 |
I'm a life-long socialist but no one's taking away my books or my CDs. Just saying.
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GKR
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1376 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 13:57 |
Couldnt agree more! |
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- From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
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Svetonio
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 14:31 |
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Icarium
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34050 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 14:41 |
a hammer and a siegel
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 17995 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 14:41 |
There will be civil war before there is fullblown communism in the west, and the limp-wristed leftists who larp about that kind of thing would be the first ones up against the wall - "from each according to their ability" still requires you to actually have ability.
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A Person
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 10 2008 Location: __ Status: Offline Points: 65760 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 15:13 |
You still have all your own stuff in a communist society. You don't share your stick of deodorant with the entire town or anything like that.
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Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 15:18 |
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Dayvenkirq
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 16:07 |
Whatever I have ready for the upcoming garage sale (books, CDs, caps, extra clothes, aluminum cans, plastic bottles) you can have. The rest of my s%!t I'll have to hide from everyone, including the government (I mean hiding from the government, not hiding the government from ... well, ... you know what I mean).
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JD
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18372 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 16:27 |
You can have all the s#!t I've acquired over my lifetime when you pry it from my cold dead hands. Actually, you can't even have it then, I'm going to leave it all to my son. Take that you commie b@st@rds!!
Edited by JD - October 13 2015 at 16:27 |
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20468 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 17:41 |
Oh my,,,,,the naivete of youth.
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20503 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 17:43 |
The last I checked, your grave is pretty much yours.
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tszirmay
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673 |
Posted: October 13 2015 at 17:47 |
I would own my freedoms: freedom of speech, movement, religion, ideology, vote , travel, work and thought. As for art and music, don't touch.....
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