I live in a socialist society, so basically everything is free. I don’t need money, so what’s to stop me from saying “fuck you” to my family and community, since I don’t have to work? I just want to party, sleep around, do drugs, and drink alcohol 24/7. I don’t want to work or help anyone that’s not me. What happens?

  • communism ( communism@lemmy.ml ) 
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    6 months ago

    What happens if someone refuses to do any chores in a shared household? There are already plenty of situations where people do work for free because it’s in your own interests. In groups like households people take turns taking out the bins and cleaning. In a communist society people will take turns doing the necessary work. If someone refuses, maybe something is wrong in their life, and they need help. At the end of the day, there’s no economic coercion in a classless society. If one in a million people don’t work for no understandable reason (disability, depression, personal issues, etc) then let them. What else are you going to do? Work or starve? Incarceration? The point of the universal emancipation that communism brings is to do away with those evils.

  • Kache ( Kache@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Set it up so those that don’t work also don’t get enough money to do those fun things.

    Enough to not die, but not enough to live.

  • flatbield ( furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) 
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    6 months ago

    Life is more complex. I do not live in a society that ia that socialiatic. I worked 26 years then said FU and probably will not work again. Money is more or less meaningless now. How is that different?

    On the otherhand, my grad school was 100% paid but I also worked hard. I did not do it to make money nor did I need to work to pay for it.

    Just pointing out money is less of a motivator then one might think.

  • Everything isn’t free, even in socialist and communist societies. You might not have to work to survive, but your quality of life will be directed tied to how much wealth you have. If you want more wealth, you’ll probably have to get to work.