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>If people are forced not to be able to use money, I don't see how that's free. This along with other things are oft-repeated myths about Communism. The goal i
by ue_ 10y ago
>If people are forced not to be able to use money, I don't see how that's free.
This along with other things are oft-repeated myths about Communism. The goal is to eliminate money by eliminating the need that creates it: that is, wage labour and artificial scarcity. You are free to use money. You are not free to exploit people. That is to say, you would not be allowed to profit by the work of others by collecting their surplus value. It is equivalent to stealing (unless both parties give informed consent).
However there would be no need for anyone to engage in wage labour, because people would no lonver be forced to work for their survival.
- simonh 10y agoIt's a shame Marx never explained how those needs would actually be met.
- ue_ 10y agoIf I'm correct, Marx always viewed his task as one to criticise the capitalist system and analyse it in terms of the history leading up to it, rather than define how a Communistic society ought to be implemented. Marx is quoted as having said that Communism is an ideal to strive toward rather than one to be implemented directly per se. Fewer people would have to work under a post-capitalist mode of production. I don't know how it's decided who works, but generally those with the appropriate skill would share labour amongst themselves, and people would be trained in the education system to do the jobs required by society. Again, the number of these jobs will be relatively small due to massive automation, which will occur at an increasing pace compared to the current capitalist system (in which too much automation means less profit, because goods are bought back using wages).