One good story of communism is William Morris' NEWS FROM NOWHERE.

J. Devine
 On Apr 8, 2012 4:24 PM, "Julio Huato" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ted wrote:
>
> > The question though was how they would do this as "fully developed
> > individuals."
>
> I don't know to others, but to me this formula means that no social
> structure that gets in the way of individuals directly controlling
> their collective life is tolerable, that social structures of the kind
> ask to be overthrown and replaced with others that---as much as
> possible---pose the least constraints to individuals other than those
> based on consciously-adopted morality and, of course, than those
> resulting directly from the finite productive power of labor.  As much
> as possible, the immediate limits to people's freedom will be their
> own power vis-a-vis nature, not one another.  Fully-developed
> individuals won't be gods.  They will still be subject to a day that
> lasts only 24 hours.  Spending time producing goods doesn't
> necessarily un- or under-develop us.  The way we become fully
> developed is not by shunning work, but by performing it better---not
> only technically but above all socially.  My 2 cents.
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