Is Communism good?

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Is Communism good?

Is Communism good? This poll is closed.
Yes	375	66.25%
No	191	33.75%
Total:	523 votes

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Mano: Jul 11, 2012

cosmically_cosmic posted:

The problem to me, always seems to come down capability. A socialist state is essentially life on Star Trek, where you have a magic replicator that can make anything in infinite numbers for anyone so nobody really has a reason to be an rear end in a top hat to each other in order to survive.

IN SHORT: Until we have magical robots we have to settle for patchwork socialism on top of capitalism until the nerds finally finish working out science.

eh, this is extremely unclear in Star Trek:
- there are things which can't be replicated (Di/Trilithium Crystals, gold-plated Latinum, whatever Voyager always was missing, other stuff).
- you need energy (and maybe also the contents somehow?) and time to replicate.
- there are many "working" people, especially in TOS (I remember some miners).
- just because salary is never mentioned doesn't mean the crew doesn't earn anything (cf toilets).

But I still vote for the magical robots

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