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But who will bring me coffee in communism? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by znsh@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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This was a question or rather a series of questions I heard over the weekend as I was discussing Marxism, class, labour etc. with a friend and I frankly couldn't really answer their questions. So here I am again asking it because this community provides incredible answers <3

The discussion was about work and their question was: "If class is abolished in communism and the people are taken care of, why would anyone work at all? Who is going to work in coffee shops, pick up trash, work in stores etc.? What would be the incentive for people to do anything productive?" I did my best saying that those jobs would still exist, but I kind of fumbled the argument.

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[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

communism is when you just lie there atrophying

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And it is mega evil because workers are no longer oppressed by their ruling lords... and wokeism (conservatives are physically incapable of defining this) will destroy the master race (joking, obviously).

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

i got diagnosed with wokeism and all i got was this stupid t shirt and the destruction of the master race kim-gun

[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That kim gun emoji is amazing

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have trouble understanding the joke, but Kim Jong-Un is a cool emote. Do you like using these human cutout emotes?

Seriously, conservatives have a physical incapability towards defining woke: POC, women, trans people, queer, communism, etc.. It is just a buzzword for anything remotely progressive, let alone anything communist (and they never tell you the origin of the word during the Civil Rights Movement...).

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

oh nothing i’m just referencing the slogan t shirt I went to Blank and all i got was this shirt. and i jusr picked that emoji because i was so immediately enraptured i chose it regardless if it fit with the joke

Yup i agree w ur points on how the term woke has been defanged if not made so vague and all encompassing it may as well be gibberish. its history is interesting but even then by the time it was coopted as a (MAINSTREAM!!!!) serious (in their own opinion) moniker by, say, 2010s usa celebs, it was Silly and meant nothing, and by now, it’s just something fent addicts like alex jones shout to freak out random seniors

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha I understand the feeling of just wanting to use an emote because it look cool (I think that is my autism brain). It is just funny to see them using woke in such an obviously racist and unscientific way that it becomes an instant sign that they have no idea what they are talk about.

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i think ive had 2 interactions w u so far and both times i have sensed an autism to autism communication

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

hehe autism gives you telepathy (but only with other autistic people; you cannot use it with neurotypical people, and in fact, you have a harder time understanding them). If you are communist, the telepathy effect is heightened to a significant degree. Oh, you can also use telepathy with neoliberal autistic people, but you might not want to because talking to neoliberals causes a debuff to your communication stat.

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i just had the most draining autism-enhanced experience for both political and normal social reasons so yeah checks out

[–] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Do you mind telling us about this experience?