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[-] anarchist@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

No. In utopian society there wouldn't be the person who doesn't have a bed.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Ok? That's not contested in my comment.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

The idea is that a socialist/communist utopia wouldn't concern itself with the pursuit and hoarding of capital. So the "showroom" wouldn't really be a concept. We'd have catalogues and stores, but the fancy aspirational dressing that comes with the wastes of space known as furniture stores would be less prevalent.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But there is the assumption that bed showrooms need to be filled with inventory so that people can decide what bed they want to buy while others don't even have a bed.

I'm not communist because I think skill and effort should be rewarded. But I guess you could say I'm basic need communist in that I think society should do their best to ensure everyone has their basic needs met and rewards those supplying those basic needs beyond their own basic needs.

Luxury options and upgrades should be waiting until after everyone has the base version. And that base version should be efficiently and effectively designed, not designed deliberately to make the user want to upgrade.

[-] nolight@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Then you missed the point.

[-] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago

There's always going to be people who fall through the cracks in your safety net because they for some (usually mental health related) reason just can't integrate into the framework of society. You can offer help, but even without conditions attached there's going to be people who will refuse it.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think the issue in America is that we've tried the best we can but some have slipped through the cracks. More along the lines of we've tried nothing and we are all out of ideas.

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