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But who will bring me coffee in communism? (lemmygrad.ml)
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This was a question or rather a series of questions I heard over the weekend as I was discussing Marxism, class, labour etc. with a friend and I frankly couldn't really answer their questions. So here I am again asking it because this community provides incredible answers <3

The discussion was about work and their question was: "If class is abolished in communism and the people are taken care of, why would anyone work at all? Who is going to work in coffee shops, pick up trash, work in stores etc.? What would be the incentive for people to do anything productive?" I did my best saying that those jobs would still exist, but I kind of fumbled the argument.

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[โ€“] LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My apologies, I was not saying that maintenance and janitorial work were simple-minded professions; I was saying that I just wanted a job that would not require me to think much. Also, I never knew that being a janitor was dangerous in that way... you have my thanks for cleaning the stalls of dirty bathrooms :3

[โ€“] 666@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

No offense taken or apology needed! I just like telling people that the job has a lot of work to it that has a certain danger to it.