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[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It seems like they believe they can be a gardener vs a farmer. That's the only bit that I see that isn't realistic.

[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In all likelihood they would be neither. With modern technology, we don't need a large percent of the population farming. I realize communists typically eliminate the intellectuals and kulaks—those who would actually have useful knowledge—first, but the smart things would be to have the current farmers keep farming. You'd likely be assigned to a factory to manufacture widgets for the rest of your days.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Assuming technology didn't take a dive bomb that would be automated fairly quickly as well, look at how much robotics already does in manufacturing.

Most people would be reassigned as IT and programmers, robotics technicians, etc. If it was actually done properly.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's already like 10 times as many programmers and whatnot then there need to be. Look at how many duplicates apps there are for everything.

More likely they would be booted out as well

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

The system encourages those people to engage in the arms race for the next killer app to earn boatloads of money and win the game of capitalism. Finding people who are genuinely interested in maintaining the infrastructure that makes any of that possible is the problem.

[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do they eliminate intellectuals? The USSR and China seem to have avoided this. I don't believe most nations did this other than Cambodia and I will never see that shitshow as socialist.

[–] vidumec@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

USSR despised and fought the Intelligentsia, sending them to gulags

[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

They got to the moon using what people exactly?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Do they eliminate intellectuals? The USSR and China seem to have avoided this.

You are fucking kidding, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago

And the part where they believe to have any freedoms whatsoever IS realistic? Or the part where they believe to actually be alive and not die in the next famine is realistic?

I see very little realism here...