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?
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?
Marx was describing capitalism under which he defined luxuries as only being enjoyed by the capitalist class.
Communism is not a religion of stuff Marx said anyways.
This line of thinking is akin to those people who think restaurants are antithetical to socialism or whatever
That sort of dogmatism seems a little close to the infantile disorder, no?
I’m going to bring up gun control!
Is mcdonalds antithetical to socialism? Is overpriced bougie shops antithetical to socialism? Hell is severing meat antithetical to socialism? It’s a controversial topic that is not discussed here because sectarianism. I think the answer is it depends.
If you actually want to have this conversation seriously you have to define your terms. Private jets and hot sauce are both luxuries but they are not the same.