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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Monday, December 20, 2021

The Problem of Communism...

Full movie here.

Communism/Communality has a problem that only Reciprocity-based social relationships like capitalism can solve.

I prefer to gain the social distance lacking in a Communality-based social relationship but inherent in a Reciprocity-based social relationship through the use of the "stored value" inherent in money.  I could impose my will with a Dominance based relationship, but then I'd spend all my time smacking fools around and ruining the skin on my knuckles.  I prefer not having to exert myself in such sporadic and typically painful bursts and rely on a less temporality dependent option.

Capitalism and Reciprocity have their own problems...
...related to their ubiquitous assimilation and imperative in "modern" culture.

The Internet is experimenting with new forms of social relationships.  Bitcoin/Paypal serve as money.  Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) serve as "art".  There are "communities" that practice communality.  And best of all, there are temporality independent hosting sites like Blogger.  Will we ever learn to apply these digital mediums in a socially constructive manner so as to form and maintain new social relationships in more pragmatic ways?  I suppose it remains to be seen.  Perhaps one day "intelligence" can somehow replace money in the maintenance of reciprocal social relations.

But not today...
In a society obsessed with "identity" and "authenticity", how will these values trade and support social relations in the future?
I doubt that the anxiety and often angst that accompanies Community-based social relations can ever be completely eliminated... it's sort of the glue that makes the whole family-friendship thing work.  But do we really want the ubiquitous assimilation of total detachment that accompanies post-modern corporate capitalist form of social relations so prevalent today?

20 comments:

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

<a href="https://youtu.be/KNIZofPB8ZM*>
Just like the old man in that book</a>

(((Thought Criminal))) said...


Just like the old man in that book

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Sting? Or Foghorn Leghorn?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

The Police should at least get royalties.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Depends on if you're a capitalist that believes in intellectual property, though ;)

Joe Conservative said...

If you're using a Microsoft product, you have to.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Gatesian me not for thee though. The original MS-DOS was a thoroughly hijacked version of 86-DOS (they paid and hired the developer later).

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Off topic-ish: have some new prog rock ear candy....

https://youtu.be/kgwgtERCVI4

Joe Conservative said...

Very mellow... thanks beaamish!

Joe Conservative said...

:)

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Discovered Porcupine Tree yesterday. Very impressed with the drummer and his crazy Neil Peart-esque kit.

Gert said...

Farmer: did you write that blurb?

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

If you mean the words for this post, then yes. I'm not sure whick blurb you are referring to.

Gert said...

No, I meant the text.

Joe Conservative said...

Yes, the textual musings were mine.

Joe Conservative said...

When I post other people's words and thoughts, I usually italicize them. I usually leave my own words and thoughts in plain text.

Joe Conservative said...

Old Porcupines...

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

:)

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Always good to find a band you never heard of that's been around for over a decade that you instantly like :)

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

:)