The Theory of Productive Forces (sometimes referred to pejoratively by opponents as productive force determinism) is a widely-used concept in communism and Marxism placing primary emphasis on achieving abundance in a nominally socialist economy before real communism, or even real socialism, can have a hope of being achieved.

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let's shut off the water to NYC* or LA** for a day or 2 and find out.

it's like a fire drill only much more serious.

*hurricane?
**earthquake?

DON JUAN: ... My brain is the organ by which nature strives to understand itself ( Read more... )

and just a little bit strange

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don't think about all those things you fear.
just be glad to be here.

So the US markets lost about a trillion dollars yesterday.

I only have a few thousands of dollars here and there.

That's about a billion times bigger than anything I can do anything about.

Coincidentally the planet has about a billion times more people than me.

Does that make me feel a bit powerless? Yeah sure you betcha.

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From one of those silly joke emails my grandma always forwards me...

``Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.''

q: does it still (not) suck, at least a little?

a: then you're still alive.

aka hallucinogen, aka shpongle, aka celtic cross, aka younger brother, aka prometheus, aka envelope filters i have known and loved (efihkal)

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