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robertlagrant 20 hours ago

> the idea of sharing society’s abundance with everyone is clearly possible

It is possible. If we stopped at the invention of fire we'd all have equality by now. The problem is that people keep inventing new stuff.

vineyardmike 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Why is innovation and sharing mutually exclusive?

robertlagrant 19 hours ago | parent [-]

They aren't. But for full sharing to occur every time you invented anything you'd have to stop inventing until the population of the world had one.

vineyardmike 14 hours ago | parent [-]

What? How does that make sense?

Is that genuinely what you think sharing means? Everyone everywhere has everything? Obviously that’s not the case. And even if it was, why can’t independent inventors create thing in the meantime?

Have you heard anyone genuinely espouse this view? Is this what you think socialized healthcare means too? Everyone gets the exact same medical procedure at the same time too?

Just be clear, that’s not even what “communism” is. This feels like a misinformed understanding of “sharing” based on American propaganda. That’s just American propaganda derived from Soviet era rationing. Read the story this thread is about first.