07-30-2021, 10:45 PM
That is my impression of Marx' dream of Communism -- ownership of stuff will no longer be a source of power or gratification. All that people need for sustenance will be available for little effort. The full assertion of personal individuality will take considerably more effort. Just imagine the individuality that one could express in one's pet performance of the suites for solo violoncello of J S Bach -- if one is a true master of the 'cello. That will take about 10,000 hours of preparation, according to Malcolm Gladwell. Because people won't have to spend so much time on mindless efforts they might get the time for that. Or to master gardening on that level. Or painting. Or writing. Or acting. Or knowing the subtleties of the great religious text.
I can't imagine people really getting into milking cows, doing oil changes, or selling underwear.
I can't imagine people really getting into milking cows, doing oil changes, or selling underwear.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.