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What would be news like in a Communism world? time to speculate a bit.
Like, there wouldn’t be any wars or class struggle but there still would exist contradictions. Maybe “construction of new solar arrays in [place] causes discussions in Afghanistan” or “Linux OS updates break backwards compatibility. Old-timers create waves of propaganda against updates.”
Maybe also celebration of old achievements, like “XXXth Aniversary of Turtle Island liberation”, “new library in [rural city] dedicated in the name of deceased comrade educators” etc.
I dunno if there would be any global news. I assume that most contradictions would happen in a local scale; discussed and solved in cadres.
It would look more or less like the domestic news in China. Almost entirely focused on education, development, technological progress, social initiatives and culture.
True. I also think bulletin boards, forums and mailing lists would be more popular at a municipal level or for more niche subjects to fill the gap where it’s not interesting for the general population. For example, maybe you could look into the city’s local lemmy server (lol) to look for tabletop gaming groups, or subscribe to your friend’s mailing list if he discovers any interesting hobby projects (like, someone reverse-engineers MS-DOS). Advertising would still happen, but it would be voluntary.
Achievements in science would be a big deal. Natural disasters?
Oh yeah there’s that. I forgot that disasters would still happen bar some serious geoengineering.
I admit I have no clue about defences for earthquakes (which seems to be the most frequent natural disaster i see on the news) but don’t we have ways to build more stable foundations? I was under the impression most damage is done because people are living in low quality housing
Yes, earthquake damage can be minimized but it cannot be prevented.
Also, there are other types of disasters that are really, really hard to truly prepare for, like a solar storm or a random flood. Even with zero deaths or injuries, there would still be a lot of property and ecological damage.
i feel like there would be a lot of cultural discussion, scientific/medical achievements, logistical achievements (new railways built etc)
To add what you said, I guess there would also be announcements on how much of wages would be dedicated to global projects if there was a Worker’s Party of the World. Like “after much deliberation and voting, on this 5 year plan, 0.002% of your monthly labor-hours will be used for the construction of a Lunar base.”