Communism are associated with totalitarianism and authoritarianism for the same reason fire is associated with hot: pretty much every time that it's tried the same thing happens.
When the blueprint for achieving a stateless society includes creating an all-powerful dictatorship, and the next step is that that all powerful dictatorship is supposed to just magically disappear, that's just to be expected.
The problem isn't the social or the commune, it's the ism. There are lots of people who are perfectly happy with the current system which while flawed has led to the greatest improvement in material quality of life in human history for more people than ever before in history, despite the many and obvious flaws of that system. Therefore, to switch to a different system that insists it'll change everything you're going to need to use force to get universal adoption.
In my view, an ideal system is one under which people are free to choose how they want to live. If you want a commune you can do so without oppressing those who don't. If you want to create a workers cooperative you're free to do so without oppressing those who don't, and I'd you want to engage in free trade you're free to do so without oppressing those who don't. There have been eras when US had a similar system to this, but it's sort of unstable and eventually someone wants to make everyone else do their ism.
When the blueprint for achieving a stateless society includes creating an all-powerful dictatorship, and the next step is that that all powerful dictatorship is supposed to just magically disappear, that's just to be expected.
The problem isn't the social or the commune, it's the ism. There are lots of people who are perfectly happy with the current system which while flawed has led to the greatest improvement in material quality of life in human history for more people than ever before in history, despite the many and obvious flaws of that system. Therefore, to switch to a different system that insists it'll change everything you're going to need to use force to get universal adoption.
In my view, an ideal system is one under which people are free to choose how they want to live. If you want a commune you can do so without oppressing those who don't. If you want to create a workers cooperative you're free to do so without oppressing those who don't, and I'd you want to engage in free trade you're free to do so without oppressing those who don't. There have been eras when US had a similar system to this, but it's sort of unstable and eventually someone wants to make everyone else do their ism.
Imagine planning a reconfiguration of the world order for decades and generations, only to have a solar flair collapse your patiently cultivated panopticon
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This is amazingly awful.
I saw a comment that art is a reflection of culture, and a healthy culture creates beautiful art, while an unwell culture produces twisted and distorted art.
Sounds about right in this context.
I saw a comment that art is a reflection of culture, and a healthy culture creates beautiful art, while an unwell culture produces twisted and distorted art.
Sounds about right in this context.
Let's make the national mall into a "Hall of grievances" to remind people of what they should be angry about
It can also have space for special rotations where they can bring in things like gas stoves or teslas
It can also have space for special rotations where they can bring in things like gas stoves or teslas
This is good because it creates more billable interactions for the medical industry
Can't remember the whole post, but I saw a comment that art is a reflection of culture, and a healthy culture creates beautiful art, while an unwell culture produces twisted and distorted art.
Sounds about right in this context.
Sounds about right in this context.
Maybe someone smarter than me can provide better insight into this, but I remember learning that heating/cooling is by far the most resource intensive use of electricity.
Therefore, I would assume gas heating and cooking to be more efficient.
Therefore, I would assume gas heating and cooking to be more efficient.
California will just get a bailout from the feds at some pointand Texas won't because they had a budget.
What's the lesson?
What's the lesson?
"..it's definitely not what we're all thinking that's behind this — if you know what I mean.
We can go ahead and rule that thing out right now because Science just called us on the phone and told us not to discuss it. We always follow Science."
https://babylonbee.com/news/experts-say-they-dont-know-what-thing-is-causing-everyone-to-suddenly-collapse-but-its-definitely-not-that-one-thing
We can go ahead and rule that thing out right now because Science just called us on the phone and told us not to discuss it. We always follow Science."
https://babylonbee.com/news/experts-say-they-dont-know-what-thing-is-causing-everyone-to-suddenly-collapse-but-its-definitely-not-that-one-thing
"..it's definitely not what we're all thinking that's behind this — if you know what I mean.
We can go ahead and rule that thing out right now because Science just called us on the phone and told us not to discuss it. We always follow Science."
We can go ahead and rule that thing out right now because Science just called us on the phone and told us not to discuss it. We always follow Science."
"Experts Say They Don't Know What Thing Is Causing Everyone To Suddenly Collapse, But It's Definitely Not That One Thing"
https://babylonbee.com/news/experts-say-they-dont-know-what-thing-is-causing-everyone-to-suddenly-collapse-but-its-definitely-not-that-one-thing
https://babylonbee.com/news/experts-say-they-dont-know-what-thing-is-causing-everyone-to-suddenly-collapse-but-its-definitely-not-that-one-thing