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Is Communism good?
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Yes 375 66.25%
No 191 33.75%
Total: 523 votes
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botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

Ormi posted:

I was raised on an orchard :sun:

makes sense cause ur a fruit :boom:

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botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

gobbagool posted:

or, you know, evidence that he was wrong either

there's actually a lot of evidence he was wrong, from current observations of uncontacted tribes to archaeological reconstruction of work flow in ancient societies. caroline humphrey, who also gets quoted in the ATL article, is one of the most respected scholars on the subject, by the way.

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

gobbagool posted:

funny, leftists always criticizing Adam Smith, but every single idea coming from the left about how to manage an economy always seems to end up with lots and lots of starving people. Weird, that!

yeah i'm not seriously going to get into a debate on the merits of communism with you in this incredibly serious thread, just wanted to drop in and give some background on the barter theory of money since i happen to know a little bit about the topic :shrug:

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