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07-14-2017 03:22 PM |
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Originally Posted by elphenor
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Fun Fact: Orwell was a socialist himself the book Is a cautionary tale but not a "see socialism could never work" type of deal
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Yeah, I know. Nobody stumps me on Orwell trivia. :D My thought is that in such a hypothetical situation, strict rules would have to be in place to prevent certain workers from wresting control from others. But then power ends up in the hands of whoever enforces the rules.
Bottom line is that however idyllic such a system sounds, I don't think people can pull it off. Think of a mathematician or physicist who comes up with a "perfect machine" on paper. An engineer who tries to implement the machine will find out pretty quickly that it needs work.
Of course, I may be way out of my depth, but these things are fun to ponder. In keeping with the scientific analogy, here's a quote from Richard Feynman. He explains my objections to communism better than I can.
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I would like to remark, in passing, since the word “atheism” is so closely connected with “communism,” that the communist views are the antithesis of the scientific, in the sense that in communism the answers are given to all the questions—political questions as well as moral ones—without discussion and without doubt.
The scientific viewpoint is the exact opposite of this; that is, all questions must be doubted and discussed; we must argue everything out—observe things, check them, and so change them. The democratic government is much closer to this idea, because there is discussion and a chance of modification.
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