Post #1847347

2026-04-24 02:09 UTC

We had 65,000 years of communism here in Australia. It was a gift economy. People lived with their families. They hunted food for their families, made tools for their families, constructed shelter for their families, made farms for their families. Reciprocity is one of the fundamental Indigenous values. You give what you can, you take what you need. If you have a society where people's work is valued, then they take pride in giving. Look at Linux, look at Wikipedia. People do great things for each other because kindness is a fundamental human trait. Capitalism is the source of our modern greed and selfishness.

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@CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 03:24

I always ask myself “could this ideology produce a world class hospital” when thinking about if I agree with an ideology. Do you think a gift based communist economy could produce one? Not being snarky, I’m genuinely on the fence on one hand I say no but on the other hand, from an altruistic perspective a world class hospital is in everyone’s best interest so… maybe, yeah, it feels at least possible if you got a lot of other stuff right?

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@bobzer@lemmy.zip 2026-04-24 02:12

Ok... lithium is mined in Australia and is needed in factories in China and India. Who decides where it gets sent?

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@cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2026-04-24 05:07

What you're describing sounds more like communitarianism than communism. Despite the confusingly similar name they are actually very different ideologies. (though they also have some similar precepts at the same time)

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