Will There Be Bananas Under Socialism?
Will There Be Bananas Under Socialism?
The most important question facing the American left today.
Apparently this was an actual discourse going around.
Capitalism is the thing that killed the last staple crop species of banana and it's what's killing this one. I say socialism is the only way we will keep having bananas.
No seriously, one of them has already gone extinct due to irresponsible farming practices and the current one is on that path too!
29Lol kinda funny because bananas are in real risk of extinction ( at least the cavendish banana, which is the one you get at ur supermarket and widely cultivated in latin america ) thanks to a root disease called 'panama virus'. All banana trees are clones so they are very susceptible to root diseases, it already killed the more tasty gros michel variety banana.
28You should have began your comment with "In North America"
-5No? The disease is spreading globally.
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There will only be one banana and everyone will have to share.
Bonus: If you are in possession of the People's Banana and the People's Toothbrush at the same time you get on free spin on the magic prize wheel.
25If you possess the People's Toothbrush and the People's Banana and the People's Stick you become Supreme Leader General Secretary of the Communist Party of the United People's Republic of the Solar System
We could make a Zelda-like game with that
12Tbf "Supreme Leader General Secretary of the Communist Party of the United People’s Republic of the Solar System" is a dope ass title.
Also if I didn't suck at programming, meme communist games would be something I could see myself doing.
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Communism is when potassium deficiency
25Eh, just eat potatoes or something. They have over twice the potassium content per serving than a banana. Heck there's actually dozens of other foods that have way higher potassium content than them. Even dandelions have more potassium than bananas.... A literal weed. haha
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No! They are the fruit of the bourgeois! And no, I won't elaborate.
20Fruit bearing ancap colours? Nuh uh😠.
17I'm not reading through that entire article (which is just Twitter discourse in article form), but honestly, that question itself seems badly posed.
Obviously, socialists aren't going to introduce a policy like "No more bananas" or "We must have bananas at any costs". In a country where bananas don't grow, availability of bananas will depend on desire to import bananas, and another country being willing to sell you bananas. I vaguely remember something about bananas being rare in the GDR because there were few friendly countries that grew bananas (though that might have been an anti-communist source, or plain made up, I don't know, but it doesn't sound too unrealistic). Availability of bananas will depend on the circumstances you're building socialism under.
From that article:
Although he does not identify as a “degrowther,” Harris rejects the “pro-growth” left’s suggestion that the American consumer’s preferences are sacrosanct.
I have no idea what this discourse is, but this line bothers me so much. Imagine caring about "American consumer's preferences". This is so stupid. If socialism ever somehow manages to take power in the USA, they really must work on changing societal attitude. US society, its values, its ways of thought reflect the worst that capitalism and imperialism have to offer. Socialism cannot succeed if these ways of thought go unaddressed. And whatever bullshit led to "I am consoomer and I am owed banana" is one of the things that have to go.
16Similarly, we shouldn’t just ban meat, but have its price reflect its environmental impact so that can be dealt with and reduced rather than externalized like the profit motive would dictate. It’s absurd and unnatural for corn and beef to be so cheap and subsidized in the US. It’s far more reasonable for a burger to be $50 like in Venezuela than $5 in the US.
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The most important question facing the American left today.
If true, that says much more about the state of the American left than it does about the importance of the question.
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I’m just going to say it:
Bananas are mid.
No, I don’t want them to go extinct, obviously.
Banana bread, however, is fantastic.
9I’d highly recommend trying to find an “actual banana” (might be a bit expensive) or trying an actual banana if you ever go to a tropical region.
The bananas in grocery stores are mid at best. Actual bananas are absurdly sweet, delicate, and delicious. You can get them by the kilo for pennies in many nations and there’s a reason they’re a large part of many peoples diets in tropical regions.
5I agree bananas are totally mid. I wouldn’t even like the real actual bananas that are sweet either because at that point it would be too sweet to have on its own and I’d need to buy something else to mix it with. Idk I’m pretty damn picky
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I'm from Honduras, yes there will be but you colonizers won't be Taking all of them anymore
2I don't think bananas will go extinct just because crapitalism ceases to exist
1I think it's more of a dumb version of recognizing unequal exchange from imperialism propping up a labor aristocracy in the west than it is about bananas becoming extinct.
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