Question about chronology

[Jimmy]

We now count 2007 years after the birth of Christ...after the world-revolution, will we start to count the years again, starting with '1 year after the revolution'?

[Raúl Duke]

I suppose its very likely that we would develop a new calander after the 1rst sucessful communist revolution (that reaches communism), wherever it will be. Over time, as other countries' proletariat revolt and achiece communism they will most likely adopt that new calander.

I don't think keeping the old calander would do any good...seeing that its based on religion/superstition.

[midnight marauder]

the old calender may have intitially been based on christian religion, but it's a part of our culture and society that's deeply ingrained into the way we think and the way we measure time.

in fact, it's become so disassociated with christ that the acccepted practice now is the usage of BCE/CE common era terminology.

i don't see any reason why we would abolish it. it's unecessary and it would dramatically complicate things considering we have a 2000 years precedent of using the current system in our history, literature, science, art, etc.

what's the point?

[Raúl Duke]

Your right that its not so important to abolish the old calander...but IMO I would prefer to have a new one.

In the end, the people will decide.

[midnight marauder]

a new calendar isn't dependent on a socialist revolution to exist. there isn't anything especially flawed about it, it's connection with christianity is minute to begin with, and nonexistant in it's modern form. it enjoys worldwide usage and has been used for centuries.

if you wanted a new calendar, you could make it now. it exists independently of revolution -- if the people wanted it, we'd already have it. it's just not important enough and would create an enormous ammount of needless complication.

[RedCommieBear]

The Soviet Union experimented with a "Soviet Revolutionary Calendar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_calendar)". From my understanding, most people continued to use the old calendar. In the end, the whole thing's a bit of a moot point.

Oh, and this has been discussed before (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=67023&hl=).

Edit: Found link of former discussion

[Tatarin]

Sounds completely unnecessary. The only other calendar would be in cycles, but that would require a starting point, such as the first excavated human. From there, days, weeks and months would be kept such as they are. Years, however, could be recounted as cycles. One cycle would be 1000 years, so if we assume the "first human" came about 20 000 years ago, we would now be living in the 21'st human cycle.

But again, that's some idea I had a while ago :) .

[Boriznov]

That would be stupid, to much hazard and problems would come with it.

[Organic Revolution]

Ha ha ha, why in the hell would we waste our time making a new calender, when ours works fine? Calenders are purely numbers, so how would the current calender be 'reactionary'. I think we have bigger fish to fry than worrying about names and dates.

[Jimmy]

Ok, I think most of the arguments are convincing!
I see no point in changing the calendar either...I was just wondering... :unsure:

[bezdomni]

Originally posted by Organic [email protected] 02, 2007 05:49 am
Ha ha ha, why in the hell would we waste our time making a new calender, when ours works fine? Calenders are purely numbers, so how would the current calender be 'reactionary'. I think we have bigger fish to fry than worrying about names and dates.
I hate that "september" is the ninth month. IT SHOULD BE THE GODDAMNED SEVENTH MONTH!

Also, lots of the months are named after dead romans. Who cares.

The georgian calendar was designed with christian holidays in mind as well (having easter on a sunday every year...etc).

A new calendar would not be necessary, but less infuriating.

[Morpheus]

They did that after the Cambodian revolution, starting with year 0. There was also an experiment with it during the French revolution.

[The-Spark]

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 07:44 pm
I hate that "september" is the ninth month. IT SHOULD BE THE GODDAMNED SEVENTH MONTH!


Why should September be the seventh month? Yes it may be a little to complicated to have a new calender, but maybe abolishment of "holidays" a.k.a "holy days" and replaced with new types of celebration that does not revolve around religion?

[Janus]

Why should September be the seventh month?
He's pointing out that it would more sense because sept means 7 in French while septi is Latin for 7.

As far as the issue itself, it would certainly be a very symbolic event though possibly a problematic/confusing one too if different areas use different calendars.