I understand fully that compulsory and guaranteed employment is both necessary and awesome in a socialist society in transition towards communism. But once communism has been fully achieved, would this compulsory employment still be a thing, especially since there is no currency that motivates many to work?

  • Nimux
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    2 years ago

    Without a state possessing coercive capabilities I don’t really see how it could force people to work, especially without money and such.

    However this issues should be able to be dealt with thanks to automation and the promotion of social duty.

    There have been a few cases of socialist countries where working wasn’t compulsory and you would get paid wether you showed up or not. While those case were probably too early in development to be economically viable, we can still use them to demonstrate that many people still choose to work without being forced to, when being in a mostly non-exploitative environment.