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Imagine taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism. (The DSA platform)
DSAUSA ^ | 2026 | DSA

Posted on 08/09/2026 8:26:25 PM PDT by aquila48

Imagine taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism.

It might not feel as badly needed as it does now. You enjoy your work; it’s interesting to you, and you’re well trained for it. You work as much as you are able and no more than needed, and you would control your own labor and see it going to good use. It’s not just a job to pay the bills.

These are all familiar, everyday activities. A socialist day off could be like any good day now. But what if you were free to spend your time how you like without worrying about cost or dreading going back to work? What if you didn’t have to think about paying rent or loans at the end of the month, or saving for college, or affording groceries? You have no debt. You don’t need health insurance. You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities.

OK, enough about bills. What do you do on your day off? Maybe in the morning, you walk your kids to school, run errands, or go to a doctor’s appointment. In the afternoon, you might play a sport, practice a new skill, read, plan a trip. In the evening, you could meet up with friends or family and eat together, maybe go to the movies or down to the park.

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The definition of wishful Unicornia.
1 posted on 08/09/2026 8:26:25 PM PDT by aquila48
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I just want to know where all these goods and services are going to come from?

Every single time this has been tried all over the world it has failed. No matter the people, no matter the country, no matter the time, no matter the place.

It just does not work.

2 posted on 08/09/2026 8:31:15 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I just want FReepers to READ THE ARTICLE. And then think 30 secs before pounding keyboard.)
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You pretend to work and they pretend to pay you plus you never get a day off


3 posted on 08/09/2026 8:35:07 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: aquila48

This is hilarious. In reality, you labor as the all-powerful state demands.


4 posted on 08/09/2026 8:35:44 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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The only difference is You Have No Freedom in their Utopia , you are watched and controlled 24/7/365


5 posted on 08/09/2026 8:41:35 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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You work at a government job...
You live in government housing...
You eat government food...
And you will take a day off...
When the government tells you!
Probably for a day of free socialist labor on May Day!!!


6 posted on 08/09/2026 8:46:12 PM PDT by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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You work at a government job...
You live in government housing...
You eat government food...
And you will take a day off...
When the government tells you!
Probably for a day of free socialist labor on May Day!!!


7 posted on 08/09/2026 8:46:12 PM PDT by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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"The only difference is You Have No Freedom in their Utopia , you are watched and controlled 24/7/365"

A variation on the "2 weeks to flatten the curve" theme.
8 posted on 08/09/2026 8:46:13 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: aquila48

In reality, days off will be left to the imagination.


9 posted on 08/09/2026 8:47:50 PM PDT by Jonty30 (When I go to the kitchen to find food, I get disappointed because all I find are ingredients.)
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What children! What immature, childish “thinking.”


10 posted on 08/09/2026 8:49:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Yes, it’s a very old Soviet joke: “We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us.”


11 posted on 08/09/2026 8:49:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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These people are crazeeee


12 posted on 08/09/2026 8:50:03 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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If you don’t pay for anything, then why do you need retirement pay? Asking for a friend.


13 posted on 08/09/2026 8:50:23 PM PDT by GMThrust
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14 posted on 08/09/2026 8:51:12 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s. )
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They really are making it all look like Earthtopia.

Do any of them read the short history of the 20th century?


15 posted on 08/09/2026 8:54:07 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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> comfortable housing is a human right.

Sounds great. Can I be on the receiving side and not on the slave side?


16 posted on 08/09/2026 8:54:20 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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Eat that rainbow stew with a silver spoon and drinking that free bubble up.🙄


17 posted on 08/09/2026 8:56:28 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: aquila48

The mask is off.


18 posted on 08/09/2026 8:56:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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This entire... Piece.. is saying nothing.

Going to a park with your kids? You can walk. That’s your day off.

And you can go to a park. End of story.

Great. Sign me up.


19 posted on 08/09/2026 8:59:40 PM PDT by Celerity
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Get back to work, comrade.


20 posted on 08/09/2026 9:06:43 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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