if your vision of communist society is one in which the disabled have to rely on the goodwill of others to live that vision sucks
A communist society is premised on everyone relying on their community????
It is not.
Already reblogged but seriously what do think it means when we say “from each according to their ability to each according to their need”? The whole idea is, in fact, that we should all rely on each other to cover our weaknesses and embellish our strengths.
Okay I can’t get this out of my head. I have ADHD. I am considered by the mainstream view of society to be a little distractable, but otherwise competent. People think my problems are just caused by laziness and a willingness to use a minor diagnosis as an excuse.
When people talk about disabled communities, I know that they are not talking about me. But my brain literally does not work correctly and it stops me from living my life to the fullest. I could right my whole life in a couple weeks if I start taking One Pill a Day but under capitalism, that pill costs hundreds of dollars a month, and I can’t afford that. Insurance costs at minimum 40 dollars a month and I would still have to pay 65 dollars a visit to get prescriptions plus 30 dollars at the pharmacy to get the medicine in hand.
Don’t you think my life would be a little easier if someone who knew how to make the meds would just give them to me for free? And then I wouldn’t have executive dysfunction and I could learn skills and be useful to other people in society! In other words, I rely on my community and in so doing become more reliable to my community.
At the end of the day, these short, quippy, and wrong little remarks people leave at the ends of posts sometimes come from bad instincts. I was tempted to end this paragraph with a “wiity” remark myself. But that kind of hostility doesn’t serve anyone. I think you’re wrong about how you conceptualize communism, but I don’t want to point that out to laugh at you. I want to point it out, so you can stop being wrong and start being right.
I mean sure, society should have codified systems to ensure that disabled people recieve what they need, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that belief isn’t borne of goodwill. The foundation of leftist politics is kindness. For everyone.
