Every time you hear "without capitalism, nothing would get done," remember... capitalism didn't invent work, it invented wage-dependence. Humans built cities, farms, and art before payrolls and quarterly reports existed.
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

We can make it different, but it doesn't mean that we'll be able to abolish coercion entirely.

If instead of commodity production we moved past it, abolished current means of coercion (money) and instead pushed for planned economy that focuses on meeting everyone's needs, there would still be a need for some pressure to fill all the needed positions to meet all the production quotas.

It'd still be kilometers better than "get any job so capitalist extracts money from you or starve", and is radical but still coersive nonetheless.

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