• bearboiblake@pawb.socialOP
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    6 hours ago

    I’m not suggesting that we just leave everything to chance and just hope society maintains itself, I’m saying that we can structure society in a way that everything that needs to get done still gets done without the profit motive, because everyone inherently understands that if we evenly and fairly divide up the work that needs to get done, that they’re doing their part to live in a better world - does that make sense?

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      1 hour ago

      Yeah it makes sense and I’m not actually that much against the idea. I’m not that fond of the current wage slavery system either.

      I just don’t trust general populations altruism that much to believe it would work on a large scale without any sort of a positive Incentivization in addition to just keeping the society running.

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        22 minutes ago

        I don’t think we need to fully rely on altruism - humans can be selfish and we need to take that into account, and even make use of that tendency for us to want to feather our nests.

        I believe that we can create an awesome society based on anarchist principles - freedom, liberty, bottom-up structures, socialized and democratized control of the means of production, and so on. If you’re interested in learning more, I’d recommend the Q&Anarchy video series by Thought Slime, and/or an anarchist FAQ if you’re more of a reader.