FreedomPhilosophy Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 The economic downturn, and in particular the Eurozone crisis, has raised questions about modern capitalism. In Spain unemployment is at record levels, with record numbers of homes repossessed after the property market crashed. However, a small communist-style town in the south claims to have no unemployment and no repossessions. Tom Burridge reports http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22763464
Rob_Ilir Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 "There is always crops to harvest" he says. Montage goes to Che and the Che look alike commie mayor. I doubt they will get back to that town for a follow up visit.
EmptyMellon Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Wonderful, I hope this brand new philosophical concept of com-mu-nism will work out for them...since historically, nothing like this has been tried out before. Really, I cannot think of one single example. BBC covering a small Spanish com-mu-nist village - how refreshing to see something new. Those dastardly "British Broadcasting Capitalists" (BBC), all they ever cover is evil, self-serving capitalistic enterprises. Nothing like replacing the old and worn-out concept of fascism...sorry, "capitalism", and applying theft and debt to provide "free" land and food (to buy the people). How fresh and original, because none of us have either seen this, read about it or lived through communist "utopia". No experience here. Thank you BBC for that enlightening piece of fresh "journalism". [facepalm]
alexqr1 Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 I live in Spain and I was aware of this case. I wonder how this would work on a global scale. Where would they steal the resources from? In a communist society there is no Carrefour (the supermarket in the video) to steal from. Every resource comes from somewhere, if one small town steals resources then I'm sure it can be sustainable. But if every town in the world or even in a country steals from each other, how can the system sustain itself?
PatrickC Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 I always thought BBC stood for British Broadcasting Commies, because they happily send their customers to prison who fail to pay their bill.
EmptyMellon Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 I always thought BBC stood for British Broadcasting Commies, because they happily send their customers to prison who fail to pay their bill. Yes, it does. It seems my sarcasm was not conveyed well, in my previous post.
Dylan Lawrence Moore Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Every resource comes from somewhere, if one small town steals resources then I'm sure it can be sustainable. But if every town in the world or even in a country steals from each other, how can the system sustain itself? I think those two sentences are the best summary of communism I've ever heard.
Kevin Beal Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Yay! They stole a shitload of resources from the supermarket. That's not going to have any terrible consequences for the poor. Communism in Spain? That should work out just fine. Thank you BBC! Owww! My eyes are stuck in the back of my head...
AccuTron Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Uhhhh...so the outside sources of income are: --robbery --metalworking in a land already full of unemployed, probably including metalworkers Did I miss something?
Xtort Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 It's funny that they call Spain capitalist. I have a co-worker from Spain and it is shockingly anti-capitalist. For example it is nearly impossible to fire people in the private sector (if you can call it that) and if you manage to get a government job, you can not be fired at all. Politicians go around getting votes by offering people government jobs. It's just hilarious that they blame their unemployment on capitalism.
Alan C. Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Where did the farming implements, cement mixer, tractor, prescription eyeglasses, bullhorn, telephone, supermarket, and packaged food come from? Hint: it didn't come from communism.
Xtort Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 Maybe the Venus Project can move to this town and really get their experiment going? Think of any of them speak Spanish?
alexqr1 Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 Maybe the Venus Project can move to this town and really get their experiment going? Think of any of them speak Spanish? Hey! Please don't send them this way. We have plenty of crazies here already, way more than our fair share.
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