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    You obviously haven't been posting on OI enough.
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    I'd miss the $1,000 deductibles I have to pay out of pocket at the start of each year before my medical "insurance" covers a cent of any medical bills, even if it's just for a goddamn filling at the dentist. I'd also miss working a job that I hate with a fiery passion while my supervisor spends her whole day on internet dating sites while making more money than me. Let's see... oh, I'd miss the persistent feeling of knowing my reproductive rights are always hanging in the balance. I'd miss not being able to acquire a college education, too. I'd also miss being hassled by Jehovah's Witnesses, presumably. What else? Anything? The US Marine Corps. I would miss the US Marine Corps. God I love the US Marine Corps.

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    I'd miss porn
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    Do you think that just because you "won" there won't be a counter culture? Do you think that everyone will just sigh and submit to Communism?

    Capitalist will go underground and plot and plan on websites till that glorious day when the counter-Revolution will occur.

    Ronald Reagan will be our Stalin and George Bush our Trotsky. Maggie Thatcher will be our Emma Goldman and Ann Colter our Whats-Her-Name Luxemburg.

    You can stll hate us Cappies--it's just that you will be in charge.

    For a moment.
    Is this your wank fantasy? The thing is, who in the hell would want to fight for an old order (besides the selfish and fascist types) where people are unemployed, starve to death and work their asses off for pay that barely supports them and their children? Fuckin idiot.
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    The best porn is free amateur porn, anyway.
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    The best porn is free amateur porn, anyway.
    Who settles for amateur porn? You obviously have never heard of pornhub.com... They have the free pro stuff as well as amateur
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    I'll miss the people I knew who died to bring about this communist society.

    If we are talking state-socialist, I'll surely miss a lot of more material things.

    But in an ideal socialist/communist society I'm not sure there's much to miss...
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    Do you think that just because you "won" there won't be a counter culture? Do you think that everyone will just sigh and submit to Communism?

    Capitalist will go underground and plot and plan on websites till that glorious day when the counter-Revolution will occur.

    Ronald Reagan will be our Stalin and George Bush our Trotsky. Maggie Thatcher will be our Emma Goldman and Ann Colter our Whats-Her-Name Luxemburg.

    You can stll hate us Cappies--it's just that you will be in charge.

    For a moment.
    It depends on how it plays out.

    If we actually succeed in abolishing class society, there may well very be only a tiny amount of people who want the old order back. Can you tell me how many feudalists are still around in Europe waiting for the restoration of absolute monarchy, nobility, and landed estates?

    However, if we get the same as we had before (i.e. some "state socialism" [state capitalism] society like USSR) than yes you will be right, there will be perhaps a counter-culture. Doubtful that it would include that specific cast of characters as idols though.
    "My heart sings for you both. Imagine it singing. la la la la."- Hannah Kay

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    I'd miss my individual thought.
    I'd miss your individualism too.
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    I'd miss my individual thought.
    After the Revolution, we will hook everyone up to machines that analyse our brain waves!
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    I miss seeing kids lose their mommies and daddies because some oil ceo wants some more Black gold, i miss rap songs that say "SUCK MY DICK HO AND EAT THE FILLING".
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    I'd miss the constant and irrational hatred for communists.
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    Who settles for amateur porn? You obviously have never heard of pornhub.com... They have the free pro stuff as well as amateur
    Wow.


    No, I mean World of Warcraft. It's like porn but more addicting.


    I would probably miss the thrill of living off the grid.
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    I'd miss my individual thought.
    ZOMG how original
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    I agree with some of the people before who stated that they'd miss their identity as a communist. I've always been 'that guy' and I suppose I'd miss being special. It's a great conversation starter with girls too. "Tell me something about yourself." "I'm a communist." "Oh rly???"

    I'd miss making fun of politicians. Though I suppose we can still do that through part of the socialist period, it just won't be nearly as funny.

    I might miss my completely unproductive job where I get paid to do very little work that holds no value for society. I am in a rare position where I get to waste the bourgeoisie's money and make them think they're getting something out of it
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    I might miss my completely unproductive job where I get paid to do very little work that holds no value for society. I am in a rare position where I get to waste the bourgeoisie's money and make them think they're getting something out of it
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    I'd miss seething with rage at injustice, nothing gets you up in the mornings quite like generalised rage. Also I'd miss days where I don't eat.
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    I'm a communist. That wouldn't be special anymore. Atheist. Not that special. Intellectual. That's great, but the elitist that is carried with it would be gone. A sense of inferiority and weakness in certain situations. If suddenly I'm able to do what I've always wanted, how will I react? Right now, I'm on break from class.
    Are you joking? A stateless, utopian society like the one you are describing is not going to happen overnight. Struggles will continue between dissidents, theists, and so on. What matters is today. Class struggle and educating people away from the reactionary bollocks some believe will make life better, but not solve *everything*.

    There is no conclusive, utopian answer to mankind that will finally end history for ever.
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    I'd miss this continual headache.

    I'd miss my individual thought.
    You can't miss what you've never had.
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