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Best explanation about popularity of communism among American elites that I have come across read is extremely banal, under communism everything is about status
by AzzieElbab 6y ago
Best explanation about popularity of communism among American elites that I have come across read is extremely banal, under communism everything is about status and nothing is about value. People who create no value are naturally going after status.
- MichaelMoser123 6y ago> under communism everything is about status and nothing is about value that is not quite correct: in socialist countries the elite had their own closed shops, a much higher salary and access to lots of material goods that mere workers just didn't have. These goodies were kept from the public eye, but most people knew about their existence, it was somewhat of an 'open secret'.
- AzzieElbab 6y agoI am not sure this contradicts what I said. Those goodies were provided by assigned status.
- MichaelMoser123 6y agoi just don't know if the actors were in for the status, or for the perks that went with it. Hard to tell what is primary and what is secondary.
- AzzieElbab 6y agoWhy is it hard to tell? If you only knew one path was available to fulfill your ambitions wouldn’t you take it?