>>> furuhashi.1 at osu.edu 07/06/01 01:14PM >>>
> > >Let's see. The central myth of Christianity is that god took human
>> >form, and in that human form was tortured, crucified, and buried,
>> >and he resurrected several days later. Through suffering there is
> > >redemption, forgiveness, rebirth. If there's nothing sadomasochistic
>> >about that, then I'm Marie Queen of Romania.
>> >
>> >Doug
>>
>> That appears to be a universal belief fostered under capitalism: "no
>> pain, no gain."
>>
>> Yoshie
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>"If a man will not work, he shall not eat." [Paul, Second Thessalonians]
>
>"He who does not work, neither shall he eat." [Article 18 of the
>Soviet Constitution]
>
>Ian
With the level of productive forces already developed under centuries of capitalism, it's about time to move onto socialism without workerism. What was necessary in the early twentieth century should not be as necessary today.
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CB: Are we ready for "from each according to ability, to each according to need" , when we have not yet achieved " from each according to ability , to each according to work ?