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?
Most revolutionaries are into some form of asceticism in order to maintain discipline. Hell, I'm just a normal guy, not a revolutionary, and I don't drink or do drugs because I don't want that.
But after a certain revolutionary period or stage, to organise society around it? I don't think that's maintainable long term. Or even desirable