sex and socialism

[In Bloom]

surely people would then barter for sex

Why would people barter if their needs were already met? If I have everything I need, I'm not likely to shag some ugly bastard in exchange for a few carrots or what not, am I?

 

[marty21]

Why would people barter if their needs were already met? If I have everything I need, I'm not likely to shag some ugly bastard in exchange for a few carrots or what not, am I?

the key to this drunken argument was that their needs could not be met

 

[In Bloom]

the key to this drunken argument was that their needs could not be met

Then it's not fucking socialism. This is going round in circles now.

Look, in a socialist society, everybody's needs would be catered for (and no, sex is not a fucking need, for Christ's sake) hence there would be no need for people to sell their labour for money or for payment in kind, why would anybody want to be a prostitute if they didn't need to?

 

[Haller]

Why would people barter if their needs were already met? If I have everything I need, I'm not likely to shag some ugly bastard in exchange for a few carrots or what not, am I?

The ugly bastard isn't getting his/her sexual 'needs' met, though. (Mind you, they do have the carrots.)

 

[marty21]

Then it's not fucking socialism. This is going round in circles now.

Look, in a socialist society, everybody's needs would be catered for (and no, sex is not a fucking need, for Christ's sake) hence there would be no need for people to sell their labour for money or for payment in kind, why would anybody want to be a prostitute if they didn't need to?

some would argue that sex is a "need" and thus in a socialist society this need should be met by the state, how would this be done?

 

[In Bloom]

some would argue that sex is a "need" and thus in a socialist society this need should be met by the state, how would this be done?

In a socialist society, there wouldn't be a state, that's half the bleeding point.

And sex isn't a need, frankly. You can get along just fine without it, if somebody is so genuinely repulsive that nobody on Earth will sleep with them, I doubt that it's entirely down to appearence.