8bit
14th December 2008, 08:18
The thought arose while reading through the thread about gambling in a purely Communist state.
The question was whether or not gambling can take place in a Communist society, when capital does not exist.
One respondent stated that gambling could still exist- an arbitrary number of chips could be bet, however, these would not be exchanged for capital, rather returned to the organizer of the event without any sort of trade of goods or capital on either end, spare the chips.
This simulated Capitalism would surely continue to exist within many formats, video games, gambling, film, literature, etc... if only for historical reference.
Now the question is, can this simulated economy lead to adaptation within the real world?
For example, when people re-realize they can 'own' more chips than the man sitting across from them, might they try to recreate this in the real world, reintroducing Capitalism? Surely this was the response to surplus in primitive Communism, why won't this occur again?
The question was whether or not gambling can take place in a Communist society, when capital does not exist.
One respondent stated that gambling could still exist- an arbitrary number of chips could be bet, however, these would not be exchanged for capital, rather returned to the organizer of the event without any sort of trade of goods or capital on either end, spare the chips.
This simulated Capitalism would surely continue to exist within many formats, video games, gambling, film, literature, etc... if only for historical reference.
Now the question is, can this simulated economy lead to adaptation within the real world?
For example, when people re-realize they can 'own' more chips than the man sitting across from them, might they try to recreate this in the real world, reintroducing Capitalism? Surely this was the response to surplus in primitive Communism, why won't this occur again?