Re: [tlug] (OT) The enigma of Japan (was: UNIX jobs on TLUG)

[JC Helary <brandelune@example.com>]

On vendredi 05 juin 09, at 13:55, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> The Communist system is supposed to be characterized by "from each
> according to his abilities, to each according to his needs".

No. The communist system is supposed to be caracterized by "no private  
ownership of production means". Only at that condition will the above  
be possible.

> Everybody focuses on the benefits of redistributing social wealth
> toward themselves^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hneedy citizens, but conveniently
> ignore the much harder and more fundamental problem of eliciting work
> from the able, or even discovering who is able to do what.

That's in the capitalist system.

> Until we see a significant number of people writing to their
> legislators asking that the government create programs where they can
> contribute their skills and other resources for free, this fundamental
> *informational* imbalance will persist, and a communist system will
> not be feasible.

Communism will not emerge by writting letters to one's legislator. I  
don't know where you got that idea from.

>  I'm not joking; information about needs is readily
> available to the government, there are plenty of people asking the
> government to give them something without offering anything in return.

Big business. Very rich people. Banks. Insurance companies. We know  
who they are.

> Why not people offering without asking for a return?

Plenty of those already: volunteers, NGOs. Maybe not in Tsukuba  
though. I don't know.


Jean-Christophe Helary