Monday, May 22, 2023

From Each According To His Ability, To Each According To His Needs


Workers of the world -- Unite! Throw off

the oppressive yoke of capitalism and join

together as one dedicated to the welfare of

the state that represents your collective

interests in attaining a better life, where

all of life's necessities are at your demand

in this brave new world courtesy of universal

communism; all that matters in life held in

common ownership, privileges for none. 

Collectivism absent the spark of personal

advantage made for poor production but that

mattered less to the Soviets than obedience

to their rule of ideology. A leadership that

saw no reason why they should be deprived

of the bonuses of good living and so dachas

and limousines and acquired fortunes were

mere adjuncts of entitled prerogatives. Now

the Russian Federation while yet tenderly

clasping its ideology favours its very own

brand of capital enabling the power of coercive

inducements when blandishments fail with a

leader for whom Soviet-era hegemony is once

again the order of the day and a palace for

every day of the week suits the leader's 

sense of self-aggrandizement to acknowledge

the personal sacrifices he musters of benefit

to national history, culture and inclination.

 

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