Kill the Economy

[NoOneMan]

8. Socialism demands that you work for the "common good"

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You are still working. There are still products. There is still an economy. Your labor will still be more than if you were laboring in a simpler society.

For example, in a single hour, I can mildly labor and produce food for at least 30 people (not including cooking). In a complex society, I can labor and maybe feed 2-4 with the same quality of food, though my work is far more highly valued by that society. The more complex a society, the more of your labor goes towards simply maintaining the state of that society. It is no longer "worth it" to maintain such a society, if what's left from the fruit of your labor isn't enough to comfortably survive and leave room for leisure/fulfilment; this seems to be what many are quickly figuring out.

We do not even realize anymore that most of the work we do just gets eaten up by the system, since we are so removed from the concept of energy and useful work. We command vast amounts of energy compared to very simple societies, but are rewarded with far less necessary resources in exchange (that work does not just disappear, but likewise, it doesn't automatically improve the aggregate human condition of everyone--often it just solves problems the society's existence creates or is diverted to those in charge of the system).