Apparently this was an actual discourse going around.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Lol 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.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      If 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

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        1 year ago

        Tbf “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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    1 year ago

    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!

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    10 months ago

    I’m from Honduras, yes there will be but you colonizers won’t be Taking all of them anymore

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      1 year ago

      Eh, 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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        1 year ago

        Yeah but who wants to eat dandelions? And potatoes get boring fast.

        Having a sweet fruit thats extremely cheap and accessable helps fit the niche.

        You don’t need to cook a banana to eat it and it takes under a minute to eat one.

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          1 year ago

          And potatoes get boring fast.

          You better be joking comrade. Potatoes feed the masses. Don’t be dissing the people’s food.

          I’m not saying not to eat bananas, but if your goal is potassium, there’s way better options. It would take 9 bananas to get your daily intake vs like 4 medium sized potatoes… or like 3 cups of beat greens or 4 cups of swiss chard or spinach leaves. You could literally make a medium sized salad and get the whole go of potassium right there and have less than half your daily calories in.

          https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/food-sources-potassium

          Also, I’m just gonna say it, bananas are a pain in the ass to manage. You get a whole bunch and then there like a 3 day window for when they are good to eat. So I guess it’s good you need to eat so many to get in that potassium. lol. I mean sure, you could eat them when they aren’t fully ripe… if you are a psychopath, and sure, when they are overripe you can make banana bread, but like, nobody does that. Potatoes? Leave those things in an old cupboard for like 3 or 4 months, or longer, and they will still be good. Dry them into powder and have instant mashed potatoes whenever. There’s like, a bajillion ways to cook potatoes and add them to other dishes.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      I’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.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not entirely sure how to read your comment but anarchism and international trade aren’t mutually exclusive either.

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          1 year ago

          The concept of mutual aid laid out by Kropotkin is very much applicable to international relations. Many anarchist organizations are internationalist, eg indigenous struggles supported the German occupation of Lützerath. True, this isn’t about the infrastructure needed but anarchism isn’t isolationist

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          1 year ago

          I don’t even see the problem. If workers collectively come to consensus about the design, what hinders them from agreeing on a schedule and working on it?

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            1 year ago

            How small, decentralized communes will handle such a big enterprise, delivery of steel, schedule of works, deliver of engine etc. without some central planning?

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              1 year ago

              Decentralized can still mean that there is a big system of councils. The difference is that these are bottom up organized. If there is a consensus to build something big, there will be a way to make it. Maybe a committee that’s only for this specific task and will dissolve afterwards and can be desolved by the council earlier.

              Zoe Baker made a good video about anarchism and democracy. You should check it out. It’s also about decision making in big scales within the anarchist tradition.

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                  1 year ago

                  The video has some. Maybe most best known is the CNT which was a network of free association. A modern example would be Rojava which is not democratic centralism but democratic confederation and therefor decentralized. Of cause, all these are suppressed by all states and therefore it is difficult to implement. Arguably, quite a lot of (but by far not all) organizations before modernity were hieracy free and some still are. the famous anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber once said that anthropologists have a affinity to anarchism because they know it works. He himself did research in Madagascar where, according to him, the state does very little in the rural areas. You should read his work or watch this interview from arround 2005.