I appreciate the theories and even agree with them quite regularly.
But I like to think of myself as a realist, and I just don’t see these concepts ever coming true. Realistically, I think the best bet for communism is nuclear devastation, total societal collapse or an AI takeover, a la The Matrix. You know you gotta break down the system, not just change it. And good luck doing that.
Yeah some of the theories are really interesting but you have to accept how plausible actually pulling them off can be. The best fictional implementation I’ve seen is the Culture and that’s a post-scarcity society where humans aren’t really in charge of the big decisions.
Well, you can certainly start a revolution. But to make sure it doesn’t collapse or become what it was previously, you need to remove all the pillars, change the whole system.
Ah, the old “you just need to read a whole bunch more theory before you’re qualified to talk about anything” gauntlet.
Why should anyone waste time reading the prophecies when we’ve already seen how they’ve failed, time after time?
I appreciate the theories and even agree with them quite regularly.
But I like to think of myself as a realist, and I just don’t see these concepts ever coming true. Realistically, I think the best bet for communism is nuclear devastation, total societal collapse or an AI takeover, a la The Matrix. You know you gotta break down the system, not just change it. And good luck doing that.
Yeah some of the theories are really interesting but you have to accept how plausible actually pulling them off can be. The best fictional implementation I’ve seen is the Culture and that’s a post-scarcity society where humans aren’t really in charge of the big decisions.
Well, you can certainly start a revolution. But to make sure it doesn’t collapse or become what it was previously, you need to remove all the pillars, change the whole system.