Rincewind
4th August 2005, 04:55
I've only had a cursory glance of your posts and have allowed my opinions to be swayed by a few but...
Why does it seem to me that a lot of you think that communism is some kind of ideal? It's not. It's real, and it's upon us.
Two things to say, if 1 bores you, go on to 2.
1. A Website, essentially google maps but for individuals. You register your personal details (including your address), skills you offer, skills you want, goods you offer and goods you want.
When you log on everyone is displayed on a map then you can select a skill (or goods) that you offer (or want) and all users who want (or offer) this is displayed on the map (there are more details about the map which you can ask me about). When it's so easy to find groups and individuals you could work with, why would anyone sell their soul to a company director?
2.All we need is one working farm. A centre of excellence where we simply give away all our excess food to surrounding people (when we've got excess). Welcome anyone we can and especially invite those with the specific skills we need (like computer networking, we'd only need one person on the farm who would know how to do that and he could teach others how as the network expanded). Eventually, we could send our spare skilled people out to the neighbouring towns for free, for donations of items we need and so on. They would take gifts of food with them and often we would hold feasts in these towns. No? I said two things there, possessing a useful skill should make it your duty to pass it on - every one a student and every one a teacher, at all times, and secondly, give it away! If we don't then there will always be fatcats because communism is simply so much more efficient than capitalism.
Why does it seem to me that a lot of you think that communism is some kind of ideal? It's not. It's real, and it's upon us.
Two things to say, if 1 bores you, go on to 2.
1. A Website, essentially google maps but for individuals. You register your personal details (including your address), skills you offer, skills you want, goods you offer and goods you want.
When you log on everyone is displayed on a map then you can select a skill (or goods) that you offer (or want) and all users who want (or offer) this is displayed on the map (there are more details about the map which you can ask me about). When it's so easy to find groups and individuals you could work with, why would anyone sell their soul to a company director?
2.All we need is one working farm. A centre of excellence where we simply give away all our excess food to surrounding people (when we've got excess). Welcome anyone we can and especially invite those with the specific skills we need (like computer networking, we'd only need one person on the farm who would know how to do that and he could teach others how as the network expanded). Eventually, we could send our spare skilled people out to the neighbouring towns for free, for donations of items we need and so on. They would take gifts of food with them and often we would hold feasts in these towns. No? I said two things there, possessing a useful skill should make it your duty to pass it on - every one a student and every one a teacher, at all times, and secondly, give it away! If we don't then there will always be fatcats because communism is simply so much more efficient than capitalism.