Tanoomba
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Let's put aside for a minute the idea that a communist society would actually make farmer's lives much, much easier and they would probably be the first to willingly go along with it. Let's forget that for the moment.
Why is everybody assuming that a long process spanning generations that changes the way we fundamentally feel society should operate will end in people having the exact same attitudes about ownership we do now? So far, the only reasons people are able to provide are "that's just human nature" (which is just religious dogma that has no practical basis) and "look at what happened before" while pointing at examples of non-communist societies where ideas were forced upon people against their will. Why do we choose to ignore how incredibly adaptable humans are, how that is practically our defining trait? Why do we ignore the dramatic shifts that have already occurred, not only in technology and the way we do things, but in the way we think about the world? Why do we assume such shifts won't happen again? Why do we assume all of human history existed just to get us to this point, that we have reached the pinnacle of human existence and will never again see dramatic changes in society? Answer: Because it's lazy and a cop-out, it requires little to no critical thinking, and, most importantly, it allows for incredible over-use of childish sarcasm and schoolyard bullying in order to boost one's own ego.
The sad part is there are good questions being presented in this thread, but an incredible lack of maturity (from a certain poster, primarily) that prevents these questions from being discussed in earnest. We needed a symposium, we got a heckler.
Why is everybody assuming that a long process spanning generations that changes the way we fundamentally feel society should operate will end in people having the exact same attitudes about ownership we do now? So far, the only reasons people are able to provide are "that's just human nature" (which is just religious dogma that has no practical basis) and "look at what happened before" while pointing at examples of non-communist societies where ideas were forced upon people against their will. Why do we choose to ignore how incredibly adaptable humans are, how that is practically our defining trait? Why do we ignore the dramatic shifts that have already occurred, not only in technology and the way we do things, but in the way we think about the world? Why do we assume such shifts won't happen again? Why do we assume all of human history existed just to get us to this point, that we have reached the pinnacle of human existence and will never again see dramatic changes in society? Answer: Because it's lazy and a cop-out, it requires little to no critical thinking, and, most importantly, it allows for incredible over-use of childish sarcasm and schoolyard bullying in order to boost one's own ego.
The sad part is there are good questions being presented in this thread, but an incredible lack of maturity (from a certain poster, primarily) that prevents these questions from being discussed in earnest. We needed a symposium, we got a heckler.
