Communists are against consumerism and luxury production as a general rule, on this site alone there’s a lot of mocking of treats, society needs bread but does it need circuses? At what point is asceticism good and when is it reactionary?

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Rule of thumb:

    "Are kids starving? Then let's feed them before we circus"

    "Children fed, can we circus now? Pleeeease"

    "Fine, yer can have a little circus, as a treat"

    • innocentlurker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      What if being a carny was dignified? Only under communism lads, doing it for the love and not for the money. An artist of fun.

        • innocentlurker [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          "Carny" is short for "carnival worker", so someone who works the rides or the games at a carnival, especially when it's a traveling carnival as opposed to like Disneyland.

          Here's a great parody of American traveling carneys in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-43YBGgpc