I could be wrong but I remember voting and they actually had it split into two questions. The first was whether you wanted to keep the current system, and the second was if no what system would you prefer. Unfortunately people just decided to stick to what they were familiar with even if it’s a flawed system.
EDIT: Double checked and yeah, it was two questions the first of which was whether the system should change or not. 61% of voters opted to keep the existing system. en.wikipedia.org/…/2018_British_Columbia_electora…
If a society is to function people need to be doing the work that isn’t enjoyable as well as the work that’s enjoyable.
There’s likely not enough people that get genuine enjoyment out of being a garbage man or sewer maintenance worker for a world with everyone doing what they want to work.
You have to add incentives for the less desirable labour or else the system collapses under its own weight.
In my home town a sanitation worker makes double the provincial minimum wage and gets benefits. That’s an incentive for a job that has a low barrier to entry but undesirable labour.
The benefit of this system is that you can in fact choose this role instead of being assigned it based on the requirements of society. If the compensation isn’t tempting enough then the employer will increase the compensation until it makes sense. That’s how it’s supposed to work at the very least.
If the current implementation isn’t working then you address the issues with the implementation, you don’t tear it all down and try something completely different.
What exactly makes you think that communism is going to remove people having power over other people? That seems to just be intrinsic to humans in general, your economic system isn’t going to change that.
And you can absolutely have social support systems in place if the populous pushes for them. Homeless shelters and welfare aren’t impossible ideas, they’re actively implemented across the world. The same goes for basic needs like healthcare.
Just because your government or community hasn’t implemented it doesn’t mean it’s not possible to do so. It means you need to convince those around you that it’s a good idea.
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