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But who will bring me coffee in communism? (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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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

They are still looking thru the capitalist lens, "me, me, me, what about me" and not as communists, "us, us, us, what about us." "Menial jobs" under capitalism will still be done, only the persons doing them will be elevated to the economic and social status they deserve; can't say the same for management.