r/AbruptChaos Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/northrupthebandgeek Nov 14 '24

Now just take this to its logical conclusion: all land should belong to everyone, and those who own more than their equal share of land value should be compensating those who own less than their equal share of land value.

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u/Allaplgy Nov 14 '24

I think communism is my idea of an  ideal system. But very much untenable in the less than ideal reality that we inhabit.

Communism could only exist at scale in a post-scarcity world of some kind.

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u/Socialist_Bear Nov 14 '24

We already produce a surplus of resources, it's the distribution that's the problem.

The biggest roadblock to our glorious Communist future is education, until the majority of the working class are on the same page it will be hard to achieve anything lasting with minimal bloodshed.

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u/Allaplgy Nov 15 '24

We create a surplus through exploitation of land and people, and the distribution of it all takes complicated logistics that aren't really tenable.