I got on Reddit today because I was bored, boo, I have no idea why I ever visit that site.I know there are people dunking in the comments, but this thread being entertained whatsoever is mind boggling to me. Would my life with schizophrenia get better under Communism? Sure. But "solving neurodivergence" is some of the most absurd shit I've heard from leftists in a while
I mean, the capitalist approach is to identify people with autism and groom them into being sports gamblers and Funko pop horders.
Then you tell them they need soul crushing careers in finance, sales, and logistics in order to cover the cost of their habit.
Getting folks engaged in more socially productive careers (autistic or otherwise) sounds more attractive than getting them addicted to consumerism and threatening their high to squeeze them for their labor.
Shit like this post and your comment is part of why I have no fucking faith that communism will actually make things any better for people like me. God forbid autistic people express that we would like to have basic self-determination, god forbid we be annoyed by the endless cavalcade of ableist NT idiots and assimilationist fucking ingrates who are incapable of getting their collective head out of their collective ass and realizing that not all autists, perhaps even most even under the pressures of nuerotypical society that shoves assimilation into our faces at every fucking turn no matter where one goes, WANT to be like a fucking nuerotypical. Why can't autistic people simply be raised like anyone else? Why the fuck do we have to be targeted and funneled into 'socially productive careers', go fuck yourself.
"From each according to his ability" implies a socially productive career doesn't it?
The goal for any socialist state is full employment, doing work that benefits society in some way. Of course allowing for different definitions of employment and work, outside of the capitalist definition of "that which earns profit". Recognizing that all jobs deserve respect, that a man sweeping the floor of a factory deserves the same rights and privileges, access to the same resources, and is just as important to the overall organization, as management.
I don't understand your objections to the comment that you're replying to. Capitalism forces maladaptive social constructs that greatly impact some people, presumably including yourself. People with trouble managing time getting fired for being 5 minutes late, companies targeting people with addictive traits in order to extract profit, people who have trouble with social anxiety or social interaction being forced to "sell themselves" in interviews to get the job that they need to survive, most "menial" jobs being in customer service which requires quite a bit of emotional labor even from the most gregarious and outgoing people, these are all a result of the capitalist mode of production.
The socialist mode of production will still have some requirements, factory work does rely on punctuality, some jobs will require interacting with the public, there will always be individuals who take advantage of others. But in a socialist society everyone would be directed to socially productive careers, because the unproductive careers would be phased out and unnecessary. You don't need marketing executives to sell artisan crafted triple-ply toilet paper if the state has a monopoly on toilet paper production. And in this kind of environment, even if you're not a good fit for a job that requires extraordinary time management skills, you would be free to pursue whatever career best matches your abilities and desires without the threat of starving in the street.
I don't think I am understanding your objection to that comment above, and would appreciate if you could explain it to me.
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Wow, cowardly too, deleted your reply before I could even see it, what a shocker. Great job.