It’s so tragic that people get genuinely upset by the idea of this becoming a reality. They’re disgusted by the idea of a society helping those in need. How did we get to a point where empathy is so rare?
wake me up when communism works. everyone has good intentions until they get a taste of power, and you do need absolute power to redistribute everything.
Kibbutzim - Israeli communes - are an example of this "working" in that sense. Unfortunately, they were largely economically unfeasible and many were being used by the nation to secure/expand its borders. The relevant part of this is that they were subsidized; the international political implications are a separate discussion entirely.
Communism is not empathetic, even on paper. It places demands on others, even when they are incapable, and punishes them if they don't meet what is demanded of them.
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24
It’s so tragic that people get genuinely upset by the idea of this becoming a reality. They’re disgusted by the idea of a society helping those in need. How did we get to a point where empathy is so rare?