Marx and Equality (Was: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?)

[Brad De Long]

>Max Sawicky wrote:
>
>>Suppose I have an expensive hobby -- jumping
>>out of airplanes, and someone else is into
>>tiddly winks.
>
>Under communism, you will no longer want to jump out of airplanes. 
>Your desire to do so is a product of your alienation under 
>capitalism: a temporarily exhilarating mix of conspicuous 
>consumption and risky behavior distracts you from your alienation, 
>but once you hit ground, you are back in the fallen world. After the 
>revo, no "need" to skydive.
>
>But, as a friend of mine said the other day, kids have needs, adults 
>mostly have desires. To each according to her desire....?
>
>Doug

Please, sir. Does this mean that after the revolution our weekly diet 
will be (per person):

7 pounds of wheat flour
1 cans of evaporated milk
2 pounds of cabbage
1/2 pounds of spinach
6 pounds of dried navy beans.

?

Brad DeLong