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It sounds like the commune might evict him if he continues to act like a tool.

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Wait a minute, saving and investing are considered vices under socialism? I mean I knew they were economically disincentivized, but I had no idea they were also actively socially discouraged.

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So what did he buy the tractor for? What land was he supposed to use it on? Did he buy it because he thought it would be fun to drive around town in?

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Maybe he did just buy it to get his work done quicker. Maybe with the time he saves he wants to take an active role in his daughter's education, hoping to help her get a spot on the planning committee. Maybe instead he'll use the extra time (and the tractor) to landscape yards for extra money. Or is diligence a vice too? Or maybe he'll tell his neighbors he'll do all their work for them if they give him half their "salary".

If it's not clear, my philosophical problem with AS is that adherents have told me possessions, voluntary exchanges, income and consumption disparities are all allowed, but they apparently don't realize that's all that's required for capital formation: Someone saves up their income to invest in something to increase their productivity, increasing their resources (time or income, doesn't matter) thereby allowing them to look for ways to increase their productivity further. It's not only inevitable, it's also beneficial. Not allowing land ownership is something of a barrier to advanced (esp. industrial) capital formation but hardly a deal-breaker.