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Hypothetical generosity is easy (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by wtf_dude_why to c/comicstrips

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[–] Elrecoal19_0 78 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Idk bro, I wouldn't give them one of my horses until I have at least another more to breed, either

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago

Exactly. No, you can't have my breeding pair, but you can definitely have one of the offspring.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Same with the cars lol

[–] thermal_shock 46 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You can find a dragon to help with that

[–] Bahnd 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That is some grade-A old-Reddit shitposting and I approve of the reference.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Well, not just that….

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d-k96zKa_4w

Warning: It might not be a good day to have eyes (or ears)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

You can rent out my car as a stud for yours.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That's not how communal ownership works.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Am I missing something? This never was about communal ownership but about generosity.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

'comrade' seems to make it a dig at communism or sharing economies in general.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Well, he calls him that in one hypothetical scenario to emphasize how this feels like socialism in a very broad sense

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Why would there be communal ownership of personal goods? The stuff is alexi 's

[+] [email protected] -41 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I get it: because it doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

No it works great. We see co-ops all the time across the globe. Humans are a naturally cooperative species.

What clearly doesn’t work is private ownership as we can see from the current state of the world.

[–] Iceblade02 23 points 5 days ago

I think a primary necessity for communal ownership is social accountability. The point at which it breaks down is when neglecting the common item becomes "someone elses problem" due to the group being sufficiently large.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Yes but those in the coops have their own possessions. Certainly if you try to take away something as basic as the food they intend to eat themselves they are going to have limits.

A co op for managing the profits and work of a business makes great sense. But even hard core communists want their own pants and shoes and would be reluctant to give away thier own needs.

Obviously a deal communes drive towards is provide based on your ability, be provided to based on your needs.

I think the meme pushes on the perception of the individual of their "needs" (real or hypothetical)

Edit the point is the meme is all about personal possessions, to use the keywords of the replies.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Congrats on recognizing that personal property is different, and isn't private property.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well yes we recognise the difference between personal and private property.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Weird almost duplicate replies

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Eh I don't think there's any other way to talk about the concept in this context.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

It's worked for all of human history and works today all over the world. If your family aren't monsters you've not only experienced it but actively participated in it and if you're not a sociopath you should be doing it right now with your neighbors given that's how neighborhoods function.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme 15 points 5 days ago

Worked for about 100,000 years actually

[–] inbeesee 5 points 4 days ago

Trick question, the other guy has %99 of the world's horses, cars, and chickens, and wants the last %1

[–] LongLive 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think that this comic lacks nuance.

Does anyone know why the comic is set in the past?

[–] feedum_sneedson 4 points 5 days ago

I guess it's an old Russian joke.

[–] lath 2 points 5 days ago

Because history repeats itself, so we should learn from the past in order to prepare for the future.