Just going to say that socialism won’t guarentee that we won’t churn out trash at an absurd rate. I strongly doubt we would if the workers owned industry as most people likely know that’s a fucking awful idea but I often find people transplant their best world onto socialism.
Look at how many people voted in trump. Sometimes people are stupid and even under socialism poor choices can be made. Still the better solution though.
Lastly, yeah, sewing and basic repair skills are some of the things I’m most glad that my school forced me to do. Little bit of wood work, little bit of sewing, little bit of home cooking. Nova Scotian middle school didn’t fail me there
Just going to say that socialism won’t guarentee that we won’t churn out trash at an absurd rate.
The USSR and the 80s-era Dengists were notoriously bad about pollution and waste. Modern eco-socialism is very much a product of the 90s/00s.
That said, the idea of a Planned Economy is one in which participants learn techniques for accounting and prioritizing the resources and labor available within a community. Ideally, this is managed democratically, such that people can communicate their demands amongst one another and research the best approaches to achieving their intended goals. Then they get to reevaluate the intended goals over time and adjust accordingly.
Little bit of wood work, little bit of sewing, little bit of home cooking. Nova Scotian middle school didn’t fail me there
We had a woodworking class in my New Jersey elementary school. Introduced kids to power tools at 4th grade, fully including circular saws and industrial lathes. When my family moved down to Texas, all that vanished. We were doing finger painting in 6th grade, because the teachers didn’t have brush kits for the whole class. And this was in a relatively affluent suburb of Houston.
Nice to live somewhere that wants to spend money on educating the next generation. Sucks to see a bunch of O&G desk jockeys in McMansions underfund their elementary schools so they can save a few bucks on their property tax bills.
At the same time, “Just do everything yourself” is a foolish ideology that leads people to think everything in their house can be fixed easily. The end result is a bunch of shoddy half-done home repairs that undermine the quality of the house over the long term.
As an anecdote, my next door neighbor tried to DIY a rotting balcony railing a few years ago. Took the whole thing down and rebuilt it… crooked. Now they can’t sell the place, because every inspector who comes out to look at the house points to the railing and says “That’s improperly done, you’re going to need $10k to fix it”. And the owner thinks he did a good job, so he just goes fishing for another buyer. Been on the market for over three months now.
Just going to say that socialism won’t guarentee that we won’t churn out trash at an absurd rate. I strongly doubt we would if the workers owned industry as most people likely know that’s a fucking awful idea but I often find people transplant their best world onto socialism.
Look at how many people voted in trump. Sometimes people are stupid and even under socialism poor choices can be made. Still the better solution though.
Lastly, yeah, sewing and basic repair skills are some of the things I’m most glad that my school forced me to do. Little bit of wood work, little bit of sewing, little bit of home cooking. Nova Scotian middle school didn’t fail me there
The USSR and the 80s-era Dengists were notoriously bad about pollution and waste. Modern eco-socialism is very much a product of the 90s/00s.
That said, the idea of a Planned Economy is one in which participants learn techniques for accounting and prioritizing the resources and labor available within a community. Ideally, this is managed democratically, such that people can communicate their demands amongst one another and research the best approaches to achieving their intended goals. Then they get to reevaluate the intended goals over time and adjust accordingly.
We had a woodworking class in my New Jersey elementary school. Introduced kids to power tools at 4th grade, fully including circular saws and industrial lathes. When my family moved down to Texas, all that vanished. We were doing finger painting in 6th grade, because the teachers didn’t have brush kits for the whole class. And this was in a relatively affluent suburb of Houston.
Nice to live somewhere that wants to spend money on educating the next generation. Sucks to see a bunch of O&G desk jockeys in McMansions underfund their elementary schools so they can save a few bucks on their property tax bills.
At the same time, “Just do everything yourself” is a foolish ideology that leads people to think everything in their house can be fixed easily. The end result is a bunch of shoddy half-done home repairs that undermine the quality of the house over the long term.
As an anecdote, my next door neighbor tried to DIY a rotting balcony railing a few years ago. Took the whole thing down and rebuilt it… crooked. Now they can’t sell the place, because every inspector who comes out to look at the house points to the railing and says “That’s improperly done, you’re going to need $10k to fix it”. And the owner thinks he did a good job, so he just goes fishing for another buyer. Been on the market for over three months now.
Socialism assumes a rationally planned economy, just FYi