Monday, March 23, 2015
Blog Comment for Fully Automated Luxury Communism
I anticipate that many of the students in our
class (as well readers of this article) may find that this reading is
incorrect. So my “naysayer” will be those that have objections to the text. I
strongly agree with the points the article makes with its objections to
Capitalism and share its hopeful message. However, many readers might argue
that the reading is far too radical and that communism/socialism is directly opposed
to the America Ideal. Surely, Capitalists and Americans the like are likely to
respond by saying, “A society of shared wealth and resources will never work
because those at the bottom are likely to take advantage of the situation,
while those at the top who are providing the wealth and resources will react by
stopping production. Under Communism, we all fall down.” So is the proposal of
the reading realistic? Will it be able to function when we take into account
human free will and inclination towards greediness? Yes and yes though the
response is justified considering how we Americans have grown to detest
Communism in all forms. The argument from the Capitalists does not taken into
account the “Fully automated” portion of this type of Communism. With machines
providing all wealth and resources, there would be no tainting of the system by
human will. Research and development would still occur (believe it or not
people do those things without financial incentive) to allow for even more efficient
means of production. Besides, the American system is not directly opposed to
socialism: consider welfare programs, the push for a larger minimum wage, and
financial services for Education. In sum, I do not think the arguments against
Fully Automated Luxury Communism are justified, but rather come out a deeply
ingrained fear of past attempts of other forms of Communism.
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