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Re:Ask HN: Problems for the Next Decade by srackey on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:17PM (#36656384)
Yes, and this will require violence to achieve (how else can you enforce the “from each” and “to each”?)

Communism has been tried. Again and again. The utopian endpoint it tires to get to is not possible. The consistent result is mass death and poverty.

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Re:Ask HN: Problems for the Next Decade by The_Colonel on Sunday July 09, 2023 @02:18PM (#36657265)
OTOH systems not going as far as communism, but still with far more equitable outcomes than e.g. US system, have been tried as well and have been quite successful.
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Re:Ask HN: Problems for the Next Decade by skulk on Sunday July 09, 2023 @04:55PM (#36658800)
The "this will require violence" argument makes no sense. If you live in the US, everything you have is the end result of some horrific violence. Inferring a need for violence to achieve some ideal is a completely useless analysis.
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