Labor vouchers seem like a good idea, but I can't really judge them without some idea of how much shit would cost. I think of wanting to get a gaming console or something, and I would assume that lots of hours of labor go into producing one. If you still want people to be able to buy things worth many hours of labor, but you also don't want labor vouchers to accumulate too much, you have a problem depending on what you decide "too much" is.
Has anyone calculated or estimated the hours of labor necessary to make some basic commodities that we have now?
Labor vouchers seem like a good idea, but I can't really judge them without some idea of how much shit would cost...
Sebastian Ortiz
Ryder Wilson
Why the fuck would we produce intentionally dumbed down and proprietary PCs under communism?
Grayson Collins
I was trying to think of a good that takes a long time to produce, and it was the first thing that came to mind. Fuck off
You can only engage in sexual activities with your state assigned gf in communism
Brandon Nelson
You are correct about this, this is why labor vouchers are an outdated concept. In the days of Marx, buying luxury items someone needed to save up for wasn't a thing for most people, but since the establishment of the consumer culture after World War II, people actually save up for specific items, make saving plans, etc. - labor vouchers would expire so you can never save up over a longer amount of time for something that's rather scarce.
There are tons of other reasons to be against labor vouchers in 2017, mostly because of the rise of qualitative work over quantitative work, the problematic of the complete dominance of the breadwinner of the family over his relatives, or the bureaucratic monster that would be required to manage the voucher system.
Bentley Rodriguez
Reported
Evan Cox
So free or equitable distribution of PCs?
Anthony Jackson
Are there any widely discussed alternatives to labor vouchers?
Nathan Morris
Winging it?
Angel Young
How do you distribute something equitable when there is not enough for everybody? The reason there is still money in Marxist-Leninist states is so people can actually save up for a car, if they choose to do so.
Caleb Long
For what purpose? In the digital age of blockchain there's no reason why they'd have to as we'd always be able to link the voucher with that person's labor. If a bank can keep track of my debt, and even sell it and I can never ever get rid of it without paying it off I'm sure we can come up with a way to bind vouchers to someone's account.