Prostitution and Communism

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Yes! No one should have to work if they don't
t want to work. That is one of the goals of communism the right to be lazy.

Where is the sarcasm smiley??

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Of course, no one is saying that house work isn't hard work.

It is absolutely hard work

Originally posted by chegitz guevara

If I might make a suggestion, I think rather than simply having one housewife/househusband doing all the work in one house, that there could be teams of wives/husbands working together to clean multiple houses. Staying at home by yourself is a rather isolating and stunting experience, which is one of the reasons that depression is so prevalent among housewives and stay at home moms. Humans need social contact with their peers, and no matter how much you love your kids, they are not a substitute for social interaction.

So stay at home folks could do the chores and child rearing together.

My wife has no "team" or anything so formal but she is RARELY at home with our little guy (2 year old). She has a network of friends and I doubt that it is often that she spends even a full day in the house. I can do a fair bit of the chores so her main responsibility is to keep our son entertained during the day

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara

Originally posted by Flubber
well BOSS ( are you still a little on edge after your confrontation)

Yes, but I was being flip, though I was using boss in the friendly meaning, not the literal meaning. Colloquially it can mean friend, which is how I meant it.

I took no offense, its just I've never seen you use such a form of address

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Yes, but the neo-liberal model is on the march across the globe. Even in societies which are the extreme models of humane capitalism, the welfare state is on the retreat. Look at the attacks on your health care system. Only a vigilant and militant social movement can defend your victories, because capital is relentless in seaking out opportunites for profit.

I don't necessarily agree that the social welfare state is in retreat. The debate here is just as much on expending medicare to include drugs as it is to slash healthcare. A current topic out there is nationally funded daycare.

As for healthcare under attack . . . it has been a pretty sacred policy here. The recent supreme court decision may test it however since it appears that restricting the ABILITY to get private health services is an infringement of people's rights. The rich went to the US or elsewhere for immediate treatment anyway. The question will be how well the public system copes when more and more doctors opt to provide services privately

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Dissident


I've always heard you can go insanse without sexual contact. Is this true? It would explain the catholic priests.

I think it's more likely that you could develop mental illness from too much of it, if you become obsessed with it.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Masturbate?

A short term solution only since I believe that most people want companionship, touching and physical interaction apart from the simple orgasm.

A growing acceptance of homosexualty might be a better result for most of the guys that have inclinations in that direction. Based on demographics, any Chinese male that believes himself to be bi should just accept the facts and seek homosexual relations

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Flubber
Where is the sarcasm smiley??

I'm totally serious.

The Right To Be Lazy

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Dissident


I've always heard you can go insanse without sexual contact. Is this true? It would explain the catholic priests.

Originally posted by Kidicious


I think it's more likely that you could develop mental illness from too much of it, if you become obsessed with it.

You guys crack me up

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Dissident
I've always heard you can go insanse without sexual contact. Is this true? It would explain the catholic priests.

Generally the respopnse to the severe lack of female companionship is situational homosexuality. Cowboys, sailors, prisoners, soldiers, public schoolboys in Britain, etc.

Maybe they'll invade Mars and steal their women.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I'm totally serious.

The Right To Be Lazy

Interesting-- I scanned it and it seems that the writer is in favor of a reduced work week as he fears that mechanization will result in a large surplus of labour with nothing to do.

At this time people would work insanely long hours so he probably thinks of a 10 hour day as being "lazy"

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I'm totally serious.

The Right To Be Lazy

Second response--


So would it be correct to say that communists advocate laziness or are lazy???

I ask because kidicious went beserk the last time he felt I had implied that communists were lazy ( I implied no such thing but your article interests me. Is the thinking in this article accepted by many current communists

[chequita guevara]

It depends on the commie. I'm terribly lazy. I'm almost too lazy to type out this response.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
It depends on the commie. I'm terribly lazy. I'm almost too lazy to type out this response.

But that could be just you as an individual and have nothing to do with being a commy. Within general communist thought what is the view on the article. Do most think its and outdated crock or are there many that like it

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Flubber



Second response--


So would it be correct to say that communists advocate laziness or are lazy???

I ask because kidicious went beserk the last time he felt I had implied that communists were lazy ( I implied no such thing but your article interests me. Is the thinking in this article accepted by many current communists

What I go berzerk about is labeling people lazy because they are communists.

[chequita guevara]

Most commies themselves have a very strong work ideal, though they believe that no one should be forced to work. The idea is to eleiminate unecessary work and spread the rest out among more people, so we can start cutting down on the work week.

Work, however, isn't sen as an inherently bad thing, since it is part of what defines as us as humans, in that most animals do not work. We, however, evolved through work and in order to increase our ability to work (I realize I said that teleologically, but the effect is the same even if there was no intent). A part of our social being and sense of self comes from working, and the part of ourselves that we put into the objects of our work.

So I can't give you a straight answer because we have a dialectical view of work.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So I can't give you a straight answer because we have a dialectical view of work.

But have not communists attempted to resolve this contradiction or are your views destined to be inherently inconsistent?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Kidicious


What I go berzerk about is labeling people lazy because they are communists.

Which I have never ever done .

But when che spouts some article as being represenatative of communist thinking and implies that the right to be lazy is a communist ideal, I feel its ok to question that further