No, Maria, You're Not Communists. #shorts

We hate to break it to the residents of the Jackson commune in The Last of Us, but that’s not real communism! Watch this special FEE #short to learn why.
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CREDITS:
Written by Matt Tabor & Abby Richardson
Narrated by Matt Tabor
Produced and Edited by Michael Ozias
Assistant Edited by Abby Richardson
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[jamesweiner]

A key component to a successful commune is willing consent. I think that’s the key here.

[Some_Call_Me_Pietro]

Argument boils down to "it can't be communism because communism doesn't work"

[maslauer]

Americans talking about communism is like blind people talking about colour

[jinkschuvisko]

This comment section restored my faith in humanity

[oldcynical]

Most Americans have no idea what communism or socialism really are.

[ivan]

People are born helpless, they need other people to help them survive. That's why we are social animals.

[lucasbusselen]

His reasoning is literally: it could work therefore it can't be communism

[branfrd]

I love that there isn't a single person here accepting this guy's take 😂

[spongebobsquarepants]

“You’re participates in a cooperative society with a very specific goal: avoiding death” mans described every civilisation in all of human history 💀

[umarthdc]

This dude embodies the phrase: "it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism"

[maxwell]

The video essentially explained Marx’s “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” but was like, “no this isn’t communism”

[j-dawgdebowshi]

bro described communism and said “it’s not communism”

[warweasel]

“Its not a commune, it’s an intentional community”

“It’s not cannibalism, it’s intraspecies involuntary protein reallocation”

Also… every society is a system of cooperation against the force of death… that’s what a society is.

[overlordvera]

As an American, I can confirm. We have a saying here; "if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, swims like a duck, and is DNA tested to prove it's a duck, it's not a duck, it's a semi aquatic species of bird native to north America that is characterized by webbed feet and flat duck-like bills. But definitely not a duck"

[agent]

"You're not communists, you're just communists."

[mr.bandity]

This man explained how it’s not communist by explaining exactly why it is communist.

[EliteProductions]

"We kill/banish dissenters and everything works perfectly." Wow, you don't say

[Zerum]

With a population that ridiculously small, you could consider that town more of an extended family instead of worrying over their type of government

[Crow]

I really love how he straight up admits under capitalism avoid death isn’t a priority

[georgeosborn]

"It's not communism because it didn't come from the Trier region of Germany. This is just sparkling intentional community."