Subj : Re: Recession to Depressi
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Jul 26 2022 00:09:00

  Re: Re: Recession to Depressi
  By: Dumas Walker to ARELOR on Mon Jul 25 2022 04:33 pm

 > > Here is the thing:
 > 
 > > No Capitalist has an issue with anybody setting up a cooperative as you
 > > describe. In fact no Capitalists would object if you managed to run a whol
 > > territory on cooperatives alone, as you describe.
 > 
 > They don't like if if you are trying to force them into participating in
 > one.  That is one thing that confuses me... there are some people who
 > really want us to go to a cooperative or socialist model for our whole
 > economy.  However, if I point out that it would be fine if they want to get
 > a bunch of like-minded people together and form one for themselves, they
 > are not at all interested in doing so.
 > 
 > Their interest seems to mostly be in forcing others to do something they
 > don't want to.
 > 
 > 
 >  * SLMR 2.1a * "Cool!  I broke his brain!" - Bart on Principal Skinner
 > 

The fallacy in moving to a socialist model is everyone has to do their part. 
Everybody capable of working will have a job, regardless of how desirable or
undesirable.  If you want to go to school to lbecome a liberal arts major, it
may or may not happen based on the society's need for it.  If there is a need
for floor sweepers, you may become one of the most educated of the floor
sweepers.  In China, they restrict travel of residents in farming communities
so they will not walk away from the fields in order to work a factory job. 
Socialism may not be that stripped down, however the job you want may not be
the job you like.  Social assistance will not a bunch of giveaways, either.

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