@schratze @sofia@chaos.social It's also worth noting that it's actually *capitalism* that disregards scarcity - there is no real concern for resource exhaustion, it's just "grab what you can grab before someone else does".

Either there are enough resources to provide for all, or there are not; and if there are not, then you need to consider what the different ideologies are *really* presenting as the solution.

Communism: aim to distribute these resources as equitably as possible
Capitalism: distribute these resources to whoever is the wealthiest, ie. is at the top of the hierarchy, and deprive the poor of them

Basically, capitalism can't magically solve a potential scarcity problem just like communism can't. Capitalism just tries to distribute it unevenly enough that a small group of people (those in power) can *pretend* the scarcity problem is solved.

Ultimately, aiming for equitable resource distribution isn't "disregarding scarcity" at all - it's explicitly acknowledging the possibility of scarcity, and ensuring that we deal as fairly as possible with what we do have.