I think that I answered most of these questions already, but...
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Originally posted by Endymon32
[B]I have another question. What is to stop this? Some workers just dont work. They slack off, they call in sick, they do shoddy work. Can they be fired in your Communist uptopia?
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Yes, you can be fired.
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What is the incentive to the other workers to work harder? Do they get individual raises? More time off? Shorter waits on the line for cheese?
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The motivation to work harder is pride in one's work, in the enterprise, and in the society - and the basic human desire to do a good job. There will not be queue's of this nature for food.
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If I realised that I was not going to get a raise, and I see others slacking off, and not getting fired, why should I work hard?
If they do get fired for slacking, what happens? Do they stop getting paid? Do they loose their house? Do they get another job and slack off?
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If a person cannot find a job on their own, they will after a while be assigned one, which they can leave at any time if they find something themselves, or if they wish to be assigned somewhere else. They do not lose their houses, and there will always be a safety net which prevents anyone falling into poverty.
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How is the hard worker rewarded and the slacker discouraged?
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As today, a good worker is more likely to be promoted.
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Does the manager get more pay than the worker? If not, what is the benifit of being the manager? If so, then that is not sharing, as the worker, by defintion of communism, is the most important part of a company.
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Everyone is paid what they need. The pay someone receives is not related to the job they do. We do not expect people to be motivated to work by salary, but, as I have said a few times, by pride, and by the fact they wish to fulfil their own creative and industrious nature.
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Why be a doctor? Why goe through all that schooling, and stress to not be rewarded for your hard work.
Why open a store at all? If you open a shop, it doesnt belong to you. So the government will open Comic Book Stores? Porno Shops? Art Movie THeaters?
Why will I make a movie? How can I profit off it? Why risk such a hit or miss proffesion if I can just make an easlier living slacking off in some office?
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However the question is put the answer is the same. The Doctor is motvated by a desire to help people, and so on... we must try to see beyond capitalism and imagine how things will be after the revolution. From each what they can give, to each what they need.
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Why write a book? I wont be able to keep the rights of the book, it will belong to the state, and I will not recieve the compenstion if it is a hit.
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Art should never require a commerical motivation.
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Can I move if I dont like my home? What is to prevent anyone from living in the best homes in say, Beverly Hills, or the slums in East LA? What is the criteria for those places? Can I choose to live in a nice mountain estate, or will the government decide that i have to live in a flat in Brooklyn?
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Yes, but there will not be slums or palaces, the homes in Beverly Hills will not be any different to those in East LA, all housing will be on the same standards. People will be allocated housing to suit their needs, but are free to move to different area's or move if their needs change.
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What if I dont like my job? Can I switch jobs? What about my doctor? What if he is one of those slackers? Do I have to stay with him? How many grocery stores will the government fund in my area? What if my only store is filled with slackers?
Why should the meat inspector work hard? What is his insentive? Again, can he be fired, and if so, does he share in this communist utopia?
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You seem to very low opinion of human nature in general, perhaps everyone is not a slacker? perhaps people really do want to work, and they want to work in a system that does not exploit their labour?
You can move job, there will be as many stores nearby as people require, and the meat inspector will work hard because he wants to do a good job.
And finally, as to your last point, as I have said very many times, no communist state has ever existed - the fact that their were food shortages in Russia is not relevant in any way to a discussion about communism.