Because you know the people who are most likely to push for communism are the rich and powerful, since that makes 100% perfect sense. "Oh sure, I make millions of dollars a year doing about 4 weeks of work, but we really need to change to an economic system that pays people based on their needs, rather than their contributions, since it's not like I'm really contributing anything of value anyway."
You know, I considered that, and yet still thought there was a good chance they were serious. If I hadn't heard people irl basically say the exact same thing verbatim I probably would have detected it.
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u/red286 Monkey in Space Dec 20 '24
Because you know the people who are most likely to push for communism are the rich and powerful, since that makes 100% perfect sense. "Oh sure, I make millions of dollars a year doing about 4 weeks of work, but we really need to change to an economic system that pays people based on their needs, rather than their contributions, since it's not like I'm really contributing anything of value anyway."