We had that almost 80 years ago for a few decades, but we shot a guy at the end of it. I hope the next one to suggest something like this remembers the history and refrains from it.
It did help the West, and especially the UK, to get as immigrants very high good plumbers and handy men. The rest of us went into STEM and are now working for FAANGS.
Capitalists say "you will own nothing" and want a Gini coefficient of 1. Communists don't say "you will own nothing" - they say "abolish private property" and refer to a Gini coefficient of 0.
We had that almost 80 years ago for a few decades, but we shot a guy at the end of it. I hope the next one to suggest something like this remembers the history and refrains from it.
It did help the West, and especially the UK, to get as immigrants very high good plumbers and handy men. The rest of us went into STEM and are now working for FAANGS.
"you will own nothing and be happy"..no thank you!
Fair enough. But you do realize that all ownership is a made-up shared fiction that most people believe as real.
As long as trying to break that fiction has real-world consequences like jail time etc., it will work anyway.
That is sufficient to make it real for most intents and purposes.
Why is this skeptical property anti-realism useful? This argument obviously proves too much.
I always thought the “you will own nothing” expression referred to a Gini coefficient of 1, not 0.
The intent of abolishing private property would presumably be the latter.
Capitalists say "you will own nothing" and want a Gini coefficient of 1. Communists don't say "you will own nothing" - they say "abolish private property" and refer to a Gini coefficient of 0.
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Depends on if you're scaremongering about Capitalists or Commies.
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Romania already tried communism. The people did not love it.