The State and Revolution chapter
What is communism?
Communism is 3 things:
1] Communism == true democracy:
2] Communism == maximum agency for the individual and society:
Link to originalIf we can ask the right questions, it is much more likely to find the meaning of human existence. As a heuristic in the search policy space, we should try to increase the diversity of people (or conscious beings) asking such questions. - Bliss Chapman
In the struggle to change society we truly become self-conscious as human beings, where we really understand what society is, without illusions .And when we take conscious control of economicy and society, collectively, that is we will really understand what we are doing and why, and will become able to control it so that we can finally live to our full capacities as opposed to the confused and alienated existence under capitalism.
3] Communism == rational (given resource abundance):
We don’t want the bad proxy objective that is the market optimize our needs if we can just… produce what we need, rationally planned on a democratic basis.
How could this Utopia look like?
! What will socialism look like? - Ben Gliniecki
In a perfect society, no self-discipline is necessary, because what needs to be done, and what people feel like doing, are one and the same. In a good society, they’re close enough that nobody cares if you don’t do anything useful.
→ competition replaced by collaboration (^0dd783)