Oddbean new post about login | logout I've noticed that all the people I knew in college who now claim to be communists are all the people who... are not very community friendly. As in, they never pull their own weight in a group setting and they always want their own separate everything (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen... house... popcorn at the movies). But then on top of that they don't want to go to work anymore because "it's a capitalist scam." I'm no expert on communism, but I'm pretty sure even in a communist utopia you can't just sit around all day.
A few excellent stories of this from working artiste coworkers in Austin. The best one was a woman who was carrying the entire house with her serving jobs. She turned over her check to...someone who came to the house before she did. One day, they decided to "repay" her for facing the public in her labor, and decided to change the oil in her car. Except they forgot to cap (??) something and she drove the engine dry to work, ruined her engine. Yay! https://media.spinster.xyz/3e951fce1702e440d06ca51a8a81b77f22b0479a790d1e4c65cde868394712a2.jpeg
