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I don't think it's divisive, it's pretty straightforward Access to goods is managed & provided by a communal government, in this case even in direct opposition
by mxkopy 4y ago
I don't think it's divisive, it's pretty straightforward
Access to goods is managed & provided by a communal government, in this case even in direct opposition to market forces - I'd say that's communistic
It's a sad state of affairs when just mentioning something is considered flamebait. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. I find this idea of using rules that already exist to meet an economic need when market forces would have it otherwise - literally emulating communism, or socialism, feudalism, idrc - to be awesome. To be sure I didn't mean anything substantive, but if people are getting upset over what's supposed to be a nothingburger, that's pretty substantive in itself-
Are we angry that capitalism didn't come in and save the day? Are we so entrenched in market ideology that we are downright offended when it's implied that another could be useful?
- dang 4y agoSure, mentioning communism is flamebait, especially if you mention it in a provocative way in a throwaway one liner. There are many such things that people have strong feelings about and are reactive to. Perhaps it's sad but it's the way things are. I believe you that you weren't trying to be sarcastic but that sort of intent doesn't communicate itself—you have to encode it in your comment somehow, so the rest of us can know that. Past explanations about this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=disambiguate%20burden%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... Also, generic ideological battle is extremely repetitive and therefore tedious and therefore off topic here. Past explanations about that: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20ideolog%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor....