Experiment in Socialism

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Something is amiss.
 
 
“I cut through the pipe and gallons of stagnant sink waste started spraying out,” said Waldo Przekop, the job and maintenance coordinator at the University of Oregon’s oldest co-op.
 
Drenched in foul-smelling fluid, Przekop ran to fellow co-opper Jimi Wood for help.
“He comes upstairs covered in straight poop water like, ‘Jimi help me!’ ” said Wood.
Wood toweled off Przekop’s face and the two of them rushed downstairs to fix the dish system. After much trial and error, they managed to get it running again.
“But people still throw food in the sink,” Przekop said, laughing.
 
They could have called a plumber, but the Campbell Club is already $17,000 in debt. If the clubbers can’t scrounge this amount together by March 20, the co-op will be shut down by the Student Cooperative Association, its overseeing body.
The Campbell Club was the first project of the Student Cooperative Organization, a group that UO students founded in 1935, inspired by alumnus Wallace J. Campbell’s senior thesis on Depression-era cooperative living. It’s currently one of three SCA co-ops, alongside the Lorax Manner and the Janet Smith House; all are located within a few blocks of each other on Alder Street.    http://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/01/28/the-fate-of-the-campbell-club-how-a-handful-of-anti-capitalist-students-are-trying-to-save-their-home/
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Yeah, the plumbing. :D


Seriously though, even a cooperative needs motivated residents. This doesn't seem like a failure in social structure as much as it seems like an indictment against laziness (and taking advantage of the kindness of others by skipping out on the rent)...
 
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Isn't that how it works in a socialistic society?
 
Looks like social ownership and democratic control went out the window.
 
clearly a reading comprehension issue perhaps or maybe a red herring or a smoked ham or something idk
 
Meanwhile, back in reality, Capitalism unchecked is feeding money to people who already have more than they will ever be able to spend..
 
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