#class-snuggle

[commiekinkshamer]

class-snuggle replied to your post:demonic-sellout-centaur-prude96 replied to...

my town has 30,000 people and only like 4 Tim Hortons and it honestly feels pretty weird

they could one tim horton's per 50 people and it would still be a thriving business lmao

[ziriam]

conquestofbed answered your post: “what kurosawa movie should I watch later tonight? I have downloaded: ...”:

i just watched throne of blood its v good

yeah, I remember you post/rebloggin' a couple screenshots from it

class-snuggle answered your post: “what kurosawa movie should I watch later tonight? I have downloaded: ...”:

I've seen Ikiru and Yojimbo and they're both very good. Ikiru is very sad where Yojimbo is more fun though

hmmmm, decisions, decisions

i'm probably gonna go with throne of blood or yojimbo

[humainenvue]

hey, re: communist school event in Toronto, do you live in the city? The group provides TTC tokens to people who have trouble getting to the events. In any case, if you want info on future events that you might be able to make it to, let me know, and I can help you out.

Nah, I live in Montreal. But Id like to get out of the city sometimes and that seemed to be a good occasion! But yeah Im a little far so maybe some other time! I’ll publish that as a reference for people living in or near Toronto.

[jethroq]

yo, class-snuggle, there's something weird in the code on your blog. It gave me some sort of system pop up, and I just closed the tab.

[dystopiance]

i don't think marlkarx is throwing shit at you and i don't think you can really demand someone to engage with you. and i don't really blame them for not engaging in traditional ways because they get a lot of silencing tactics thrown at them. besides tumblr is all about taking snippets and commenting on them anyway

[thatisababyitshuge]

so are you on the shitter right now then?are you typing to me from the toilet? thats so funny

[modern-classic-trans-phenominom]

Communism is not environmentalism. Atleast not in the long run

Unfortunately, no matter how you look at it. environmental stewardship. Which I agree with, is not inherently economically kind. We view Capitalism as the source of our ills on this planet. Which a system based on ever increasing consumption and production is bound to do that anyways.

However, at it's root Communism is also a little lacking in the environmental department. Both Capitalism and Communism were devised when resource scarcity referred to production limitations and not the physical limits of our natural resources. It's no fault of their creators but of the times they lived in.

However, the argument that communism is the saviour of the environment is inherently flawed. In a capitalist system profit plays most of the part of motivator for action. However in a communist system resources devoted to innovation are lacking. As the basis of value is labour time. As such activities without guaranteed success or assured resources, research and development, can very easily be pushed aside in favour of reliable and proven technologies. That's not to say that all research and development immediately ceases under Communism. Merely that from an institutional perspective. Reliable and proven sources of value creation will always see more attention compared to less assured means of generating value.

This comes down to a simple problem. As the source of money, or goods, whatever terminology you want to apply to the concept of transferable value. is labour and the only way to increase the value in your society and as such raise the standard of living is an increase in the usable labour time in the society.

Thus the argument that communism will lead to lessened waste and improved sustainability is inherently true. As products and services which hold their usefulness and as such their value longer will be more valued than those that don't. A disposable product becomes a hindrance to a society. However, using the resources to develop renewable energy sources which are able to be produced with less resources and on a larger scale, and as such with less inherent labour time. Will seem like less of an advantage compared to producing another coal power plant.

Under a capitalist system the system is designed to "wate" a certain degree of capital, businesses fail and with them poor ideas. Communism is a far more strict pony. One must also consider that with innovation comes the risk of obsolescence. Under Capitalism this merely becomes valued less as demand decreases. However communism values a good based off the inherent labour time. So replacing a technology not only carries the cost to develop it. But also the cost to implement it. As the value added by the innovation must out weigh the cost of producing new goods to replace the now obsolete ones. We see that in this way innovation carries a higher risk than staying the course would.

When considering the environment obviously we would value the continued existence of the society. But one must keep in mind that research and innovation carries a far higher cost in a communist system.

One of the main advantages that capitalism will always have over communism, for good or not. Will be it's ability to handle potentially wasted value being used for research.

When we look at managed economies and their ability to consume less resources. It's obvious that a preferable alternative exists. However, a purely capitalist or purely communist solution is not the answer. We must be in all things pragmatic.

[thatisababyitshuge]

why would you even want to watch it was the book and your imagination not bad enough?