Monty Python Communist Quiz sketch

Live from the Hollywood Bowl sketch from Monty Python - Communist quiz featuring Marx, Lenin, Che, Mao. A great parody...

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[rantifusaxp]

Oh, I get it now :) You think there are no financial incentives in socialism.

[feelgoodslavery]

I know of one, absolutely rock-solid argument for communism that every Westerner with a television set will agree with: Communism means the annihilation of the game show.

[rantifusaxp]

No, you didn't understand me. Let's check our previous comments:

-You said that the problem you see in socialism is that what happens when you need a hand.

-I answered "you get a partner",

-and then you answered that talking about private property.

Private property doesn't exist in socialism. And don't confuse it with "privacy" or "personal belongs", it's about who controls the means of production, they wouldn't be capitalized in a few people, they would be public property.

[Trojanponey]

EDIT: I may not create my home but time and energy went into procuring it.

[Trojanponey]

It depends, a transportation company can be using it too provide a service and it IS theirs. Also, you don't use a bus, you use the service provided. But that's beside the point. My home, for instance, is my property, I paid for it and use it for shelter. It is my PRIVATE PROPERTY because I paid for it and put my time and energy into creating it. It is a private commodity. It would be wrong for someone else to come and live in my house without permission.

[William Hardy]

Is a bus yours?

[Trojanponey]

Not nessesarily in Socialism, rather just in General. If I'm the one who put the money/resources down to start an enterprise then why do I need to share the profits with people who came later? Someone expecting to be treated as a "partner" when they had nothing to do with the original foundation is parasitical. Also, whats wrong with private property? If I'm using something, then isn't it inherently mine?

[rantifusaxp]

private property? in socialism?

[Trojanponey]

Oh now hold on there buddy, if I'm the one who baught the means to production and own the property and put my blood sweat and tears into making a company, I don't HAVE to give partnership to my employees, they work for me because they see a benefit to working for me. I hire them because I have a benefit in hireing them. They are not my partners because they didn't help me build the business.

[cowboyzsuk81]

Oh. Shit. lol

[Coteer]

Oh lookie, someone who thinks that communism must follow Marxist doctrine. When I said state, I was referring to the government around which everything is now centralized, but nevertheless, communism can exist in a single nation or global, and may be centralized or decentralized, depending on the form.

And no, you can totally implement socialism in one state. Mao and other did actually succeed. Problem was though that those nations completely sucked because of centralized influence/power.

[rantifusaxp]

You would be gaining more than an extra pair of hands. I don't know the word in english for this, but maybe it sounds similar in spanish. PLUSVALIA. Google translates it as "added value", but I'm not sure it's a good translation, so I'm gonna explain it. If he is your EMPLOYEE, he would be generating enough money for his wage AND some extra money for you. He could be your partner instead, and then you would have your extra pair of hands and there would be no explotation.