Sometimes i wish more and more people get fired from their jobs

[The_Commonist]

13. My guess would be that Joel is...

...very young and idealistic. Which are both wonderful things to be!

And look at the thing on his journal about Socialism. I love the idea of Socialism, but I'm also well into middle-age, and have grown to be a realist. A jaded realist. My sense is that Joel hasn't experienced the "real world" all that much yet, and therefore is still caught in the sort of academic utopia trap.

And there's nothing wrong with wanting utopia, Joel. I spent 8 years living in communes, sharing income and expenses, trying to build a practical, small-scale utopia. In fact, we published a local newspaper called Utopian Classroom.

While I certainly would love to see "the paradigm shift" happen to make it possible for each of us to pursue our interests, it's going to include a hell of a lot of pain. The sociopaths who control the pyramid are going to make damn sure of it. They want the planet to themselves.