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lastgeniusua | 4 years ago

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disintegore|4 years ago

I am immediately reminded of the Soviet union's full employment policy, and the absurd jobs they had to invent in order to fulfill it. As a matter of fact they regarded a lack of unemployment as a clear indicator of the superiority of socialism over capitalism.

More on this : https://nintil.com/the-soviet-union-achieving-full-employmen...

With that said, I expected an article on post-work society. I'm a little bit disappointed.

Koshkin|4 years ago

Except that, theoretically, “communism” is different from “socialism”, and, indeed, in a communist society one could choose not to do anything “useful” (since no one has to work for a living).