Comment on Poignant post on the state of things

• deus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That reminds me of this meme

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• Kedly@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah ok sure, but this site has shown me theres a good reason to distrust someone who call themselves a communist. China and Russia are TERRIBLE examples of where the world should head, yet a LOT of the communists on this site are Tankies

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  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My example is explicitly not “state-socialism” (where all economic power is concentrated in the hands of very few) and most socialists think Russia is a far right government. Unfortunately the hardened battle lines make it very hard to discuss the failures of either state socialism or plutocracy, while pretty much all agree that massive concentration of economic power is shit.

    But on a small scale like a planned community these things actually do work much better.

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• LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gasp! Sir, this is a micro-federation of free people! :D

  I don’t really care what you call it, it shouldn’t be about ideology but about economy benefit and freedom from economic exploitation. But you’ll definitely be facing anti-socialist propaganda. It’s possible that certain advances in technology allow for a life in relative luxury (e.g. rich in free time, rich in stability, rich in self determination). Things like 3D printers don’t quite get us there, but if you could invent / develop or genetically engineer access to raw materials. You’d still need quite a few “vitamins” like microprocessors etc so you’d still need to import some stuff and export some labour or goods.

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  • Spaceinv8er@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So… A commune then… I’m sorry I’m not trying to troll you, but you quite literally are defining a commune.

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    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not exactly, the proper umbrella term would be “intentional community” and there are many forms that would not fit that label.

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      • Spaceinv8er@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We are saying the same thing here man, you’re just not wanting to say commune because it’s too close to the word communism… When a commune doesn’t strictly mean a communist village.

        The wikipedia you linked to even says that it’s a synonym for a commune.

        Also being a tankie is way different than wanting more progressive legislation. Though I understand your point.

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