From: Cory Przybyla (recherchetenet@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 10:08:57 MST
Apartment marxism is the one instance where marxism
usually does work. I've had 2 successful experiences
with it, and a number of my friends, some who even
shared the risky commodoties like cigarettes, alcohol,
and pot succeeded in remaining friends and
nominalizing cost of living. It takes cooperation,
sharing, and everyone to have some financial resources
to begin with (hint, if someone comes in preaching
apartment marxism, it's probably because they're broke
and want to leech of you).
It was great because it enabled us to share computer
resources, hence buying 1/5 the games necessary, two
CD burners for all our pirating needs. Cooking
utensils, pots and pans, were reduced to what we
previously had, which, when combined served more than
all our needs. Food just never became a problem
simply because we were responsible about it, and the
raiding the refridgerator example was a poor analogy,
because that would deprive everyone else of the
resources which are supposed to be equally shared
although I do realize it was meant in humor.
I really liked these experiences and look forward to
such living arangements again, although it's notably
VERY difficult to find anyone mature enough to handle
it.
--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- John Grigg <starman2100@lycos.com> wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > I think we need to have Alexander Sheppard and
> other extrolist
> > "marxist-socialists" become roommates in an
> "enlightened" scenario
> > such as the one your hilarious article describes!
> ; ) I would love
> > to see a website cam provided to capture all the
> priceless little
> > moments they would have. Socio-economic
> commentary from Greg Burch
> > and others could be overlaid onto the action so
> things could be put
> > into the proper perspective.
> >
> > I remember my roommate days fondly. We had
> Miguel, a very nice guy
> > who was a true "apartment marxist" if you ever met
> one. He waxed
> > poetic on how he, myself, Keith, Jeff, and Grant
> would all live in
> > our little "dungeon" apartment utopia where we
> would share everything
> > in a state of total harmony. But the problem was
> things broke down
> > JUST as described in the Onion article, except
> that we broke out into
> > a full-fledged civil(uncivil) war followed by a
> cold one!
> >
> > In the end we all moved out and it took a long
> time for us to get
> > back on speaking terms...
> >
> > So I know from bitter experience that apartment
> marxism(and
> > overpopulation!) just don't work.
>
> Yes, apartment marxists are surely found out for the
> fakes they are
> when you start raiding their refrigerator goodies!
> ;)
>
> Imagine the dialogue in a REAL "Big Brother"
> episode:
>
> Freidrich: Zees are mein six-pack, und mein
> chocolate pudding, und mein
> cheeze wiz! Vy haff you eaten mein stuffenstuff!?!?
> Ayn: Hey, Freddie, you said you were a socialist,
> that from each
> according to his abilities, and to each according to
> his needs. Well, I
> really needed some pudding and cheeze wiz this
> morning to deal with the
> hangover I got from drinking your beer last night,
> which I needed to
> drink to deal with your socialist ranting screed
> last night.
> Freidrich: But what are your abilities going to
> contribute?
> Ayn: Well, since I never learned anything in the
> socialist public
> school system, I can't get a job with no skills, so
> the best thing I've
> been able to do is make you some Origami swans with
> pages ripped out of
> this month's issue of Marxist Today. See? I made
> these for you!!!
> Freidrich: AARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
>
> ... homicide sequence follows....
>
>
>
>
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