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Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 9:04

If I argue that real communism has never been tried, am I essentially arguing for the no true scotsman theory?

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:08

Wouldn't you just call your real communism something else?

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:12

Would a rose by any other name still be a real rose?

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:15

commonism, commenism, commienism, commanism, cammunism, cumminism, ...

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:17

But what if violets were called roses?

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:25

A rose by any other name still wouldn't really be a violet?

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:31

No because roses would be undefined

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:34

It was tried. Typical American jail is a small communist haven, where everything is communal and prisoners don't own anything, yet allowed to work and have protection of prison guards.

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:36

And we'd be making romantic remarks about some other plants reproductive bits

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 14:02

>>1
As soon as communism becomes real, these pesky humans ruin its image.
Therefore real communism can only exist in fiction and political/religious literature.

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 9:25

>>8
So one flaw with communism/shared ownership is obviously going to be responsibility for maintenance, else practically everything is just going to end up broken

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 10:20

>>11
Then we'll revert to living simply, sans superfluous modernity. Communism can work, but we have to let go of modernity.

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 10:56

>>8
That actually sounds about right.

Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 11:14

>>12
That too, though. Hmm..

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1 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 9:04

2 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:08

3 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:12

4 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:15

5 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:17

6 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:25

7 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:31

8 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:34

9 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 10:36

10 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-13 14:02

11 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 9:25

12 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 10:20

13 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 10:56

14 Name: Anonymous 2017-09-14 11:14