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Communism isn't really about "free shit", though. The slogan is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" -- not that you get to sit on your butt and somehow everything still works out. You're still very much expected to work, in fact if you have any ability it's probably illegal for you not to.

Now whether communism actually works or not is another matter, but I don't really see where you get the "free shit" angle.

Yes, communism is about that slogan. And anti work is about labor reform. Neither are true in practice.

> The slogan is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"

This is the fantasy.

> You're still very much expected to work

This is the reality. They contradict each other. The State will coerce you to work regardless of your "need" for it.

The mods had made this explicit: they are anti-Capitalist, and that is their mission. The unironic tolerance for Socialism/Communism in popular discussion is disturbing. EDIT: read the faq if you don't want to believe me, it's all there.

McCarthyism at its finest