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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
but porky, you can't have an economy without markets. and they are goingto either self-regulate or they are going to be regulated by the quote]
Did i say that? Of course you need markets in order to have an economy, let's not state the obvious, here. There are also good things that came out of capitalism, like the system of pensions etc. Also, communism would abolish money altogether, tbut hat doesn't mean that the quality of one's life would go downhill as a consequence, the opposite would and should be true. Living on top of a mountain has nothing to do with communism either.
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the life of a kibbutznik: eat, do a little work, eat, sleep. ive lived among communists. they used no money. everyone was guarnteed food and a roof over their heeads. very nice. they were also trapped and could not change their lives if they wanted to. it was quite humane, mind you, but endlessly dull. people's entertainment was to fuck around. another got drunk every night. daya in & day out. but the collectivity itself it was becoming bourgeois--they were hiring thai workers to do the more unpleasant jobs! the hilarity...
marxism holds the false premise that people can be educated into being selfless citizens of the revolution. but selfishness is hard wired in the genes. when trying to supress this natural instinct, other more terrible consequences often ensue.
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and of course we need markets, but who regulates them? that was my question-- WHO regulates them-- the party boss???