quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: No. No it wouldn't. And then anybody can cook it if they want to instead of having to pay a particular establishment for it.
But then no one would own anything. There would be no secrets. I can understand that patenting the an idea is stupid, but saying that all ideas have to be available to everyone is kind of stupid. No one would want to invent anything anymore. A lot of people invent things that in reality no one needs ( like a lot of Ron Popeil's items), but that people find handy, in order to make money and to gain fame. If all new inventions, or methods of doing things were made public domain, no one would be motivated to create/discover/improve upon them, other than people who just want to help society, and there are way to few of those.
I apologize if I am misunderstanding your point of view Dan.
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No, I think you understand it pretty well. I know it's an unpopular viewpoint but I think that everyone should share everything equally and lift each other up instead of gaining personal wealth.
Of course, I don't operate according to that ideal because I'd end up taken advantage of at every turn. It's the way I wish the world was, but I recognize it's not the way the world will ever be.
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quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: No, I think you understand it pretty well. I know it's an unpopular viewpoint but I think that everyone should share everything equally and lift each other up instead of gaining personal wealth.
Of course, I don't operate according to that ideal because I'd end up taken advantage of at every turn. It's the way I wish the world was, but I recognize it's not the way the world will ever be.
That's pretty much communism,Dan. And, it is a good idea, the only problem is that some schmuck always gets greedy and takes advantage of any power he is given, people like Stalin. Of course, Stalin was a crazy paranoid bastard to begin with...either way though, the nature of the human race prevents a control economy from actually working properly.
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I know it's communism; I've been around the block a few times And you're right about everything you said, hence why I realize it won't ever be possible yet wish it could be.
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Sorry, it's in my system. I had to write an essay on the workings of communism for my global studies final...
If communism could be executed properly,even though that will never happen, I probably would support it, given the absolute mess of a government that runs this country. Who knows, maybe things will clear up when we get a president who speaks english.
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My thoughts exactly. Communism in its purest form is actually a decent form of government when you look at it. With the exception in that its terribly easy to have a dictator or other take power over the others.
Doesn't help that when I say that, people look at me like I'm a terrorist (more than usual). Most of the Americans I know and live with are too ignorant to even know what Communism is. We're just trained to hate it. Then again, most people I know don't even know all the planets, let alone in order...
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Could be worse. Most of my family are homophobic racists, who think that the Irish, Blacks, Mexicans, gays, pre-marital sex, and atheism are to blame for how screwed up our country is. But, of course, according to them, we are still the best country, as if it were some sort of pissing match. I'd rather be a Canadian citizen right now. At least my french skills would be of use up there.
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Without anything driving it though, communism at best leads to an unchanging status quo as there is no real incentive for improvement and eventually that will lead to entropy.
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And you're right about everything you said, hence why I realize it won't ever be possible yet wish it could be.
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