What could and should have been

"My friend! We live in a wonderful time - a time of great construction, extraordinary discoveries, a time of the irrepressible movement of our society towards communism. Our wonderful time is full of the romance of creating something new, full of big dreams. Our tomorrow is the communism we built. Let's dream together today..."

Vasily Zakharencho in "Journey to Tomorrow" how he imagined the future of the USSR.

The Soviet Union might not exist anymore and did not manage to meet its own expectations and aspirations but I still believe in a society based on science, exploration and community. One that is free from the shackles of Capitalism.

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ViciDraco · 36-40, M

The big issue with pursuing communism is that everyone always tries to do it through an authorisation state to take the power from private enterprise. Then the people running the state don't want to give up the power they claimed. So they stick in some autocratic system rather than passing into the goal of stateless communism.

I'm not sure what the solution to that is. But I am thinking strong use of automation for labor is going to be part of it. My own position is one of the libertarian left. So in my mind it is vital to retain the rights of the citizens in such transition. A powerful state doesn't resolve the problem, merely changes who controls it. We need a way to reach it by shrinking corporate and state power in tandem. Though I don't ever see the state going away completely.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@ViciDraco communism is democracy in the economy. Of course you can't imagine it. Owners rule! Always, in Murka.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@Roundandroundwego I can imagine the end result. The path to get there is the difficult one. The path is where others have failed before.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@ViciDraco democracy in the workplace and in the economic system would start with the expectation that we can make that the rules and that we should. America is in a position to kill everything instead. Military might killed democracy. The planet will die. Sorry you won.