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>Communism went away. Not really. Plenty of people now pushing for the equality of outcome. Which is a cornerstone of communism.
by dgudkov 9y ago
>Communism went away.
Not really. Plenty of people now pushing for the equality of outcome. Which is a cornerstone of communism.
- YorkshireSeason 9y agoMarx and Engels most certainly did not think equality of outcome was a cornerstone of communism, on the contrary. Just think about "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" from Marx Critique of the Gotha Program. Clearly administering goods according to need is antithetical to equality of outcome. Marx/Engels thought that equality in general, was a concept used by the "bourgeoisie" to manage scarcity. They thought that equality of outcome was impossible, and that communism would be so much more efficient than capitalism at providing goods (because communism would be based on pure cooperation rather than 'energy intensive' class antagonisms of capitalism) that nobody cared any more about equality, because everybody had more than enough. In other words, with communism, the desire for equality would whither away. See e.g. - F. Engels, Brief an Bebel (1875), MEW 34, 129 - F. Engels, Anti-Dühring, MEW 20, 9599
- dgudkov 9y agoThis is theoretical communism. The actual communism (that was supposed to be gone) was far from it.