This is just Utopianism, repackaged. Communism was planned, but you can't just design a system in a lab and implement it through fiat, which is why you must regularly adapt to your materil conditions.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Money is imaginary. It was invented for the purpose of saving time through pure convenience. Why not go a step further, and sacrifice some profit for the sake of giving everybody some security and agency? What efficiency we lose, we get back in people being able to enjoy the fruits of civilization. Money only has value if people agree that it does, and we should apply that understanding towards redefining the purpose of money: luxuries.

The elite have hoarded the value of what workers have provided to society, and then consistently throws those same workers under the bus. Your "material conditions", is just unfettered abuse.

Also, the system I laid out? It gives political agency to ordinary people, because they can protest and strike without losing their home or starving. This takes away the greatest tool of coercion that capitalism wields against workers. That is way more valuable than raw profit, because people can oppose bad actors in society. Like Schuemer, or Trump himself. Same goes for shitty workplaces - people can genuinely wait for a better job. This will force many bad companies out of business, because people want to be treated humanly.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I'm a Communist, so as a Marxist I reject Utopianism, as that has never worked. You cannot make a system through fiat.