• Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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    My job requires me to be trustworthy. If I get caught stealing a bike, even though they won’t do much, it might get on crime record. Whenever I look for a new job, I will need to give them my crime record and explain myself.

    If I, at age 29, am stealing bikes. Then I am just worthless scum.

    If it’s a 19 year old jobless guy who is still studying and living with his parents, then it’s more acceptable. Even though this kid will be viewed with caution by future employers.

    We could likely implement city bikes funded by taxes and have them all over the city. Have trackers in them and punish people who hoard/sell them.

    There’s already a private option for that, costs like 2 euros per day. But it doesn’t seem that popular.

    Most people enjoy having their own bike, with premium material.

    My bike is 9700 euros. Of course people will want to steal it. They either don’t know the consequences or think it won’t matter.

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      My job requires me to be trustworthy. If I get caught stealing a bike, even though they won’t do much, it might get on crime record. Whenever I look for a new job, I will need to give them my crime record and explain myself

      Sorry by “take” i didn’t mean “steal”, I’m not telling you to steal a new bike if you don’t want to lol

      My bike is 9700 euros. Of course people will want to steal it.

      Again, theft wouldn’t be a problem in a moneyless society, since all bikes have the same value and everyone has an access to those bikes, not like in our society where a more costly and less available bike is more valued and therefore entices people to steal.

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        1 day ago

        What’s the largest amount of people that tried this moneyless stateless society stuff and how long did it last

        Ussr was state capitalist, north Korea is Kim’s paradise. Cuba is state capitalist. China is capitalist.

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          12 hours ago

          What’s the largest amount of people that tried this moneyless stateless society stuff and how long did it last

          Many indigenous peoples lived so for millennia. In Europe, the attempts from the past were Paris Commune most notably, Makhno’s Free Territory, etc. Those which stand today are Rojava, “Exarcheia” in Greece, “Christiania” in Denmark, areas in Mexico controlled by Zapatistas, hundreds of small intentional communities, and many tribal communities.

          Ussr was state capitalist, north Korea is Kim’s paradise. Cuba is state capitalist. China is capitalist.

          Yeah, I know?

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            1 hour ago

            So I can just go to that 22k population area in Athens and take a car there?

            Is the quality of life even better than living in a social house in Belgium with 0 property and never working a day?

            I mean, I can leech just fine where I am. I don’t need to go to a poorer area for that