Trade for profit and exploitation of labour have been around for much longer than that . In a very loose sense , first under slavery and then under feudal land tenure . Most societies have had gift economies in some form or another , and it wasn ' t until recently that people stopped laboring for their own consumption . Are you seriously accusing the Bolsheviks of not having a serious ideological commitment to Communism ? I ' m not Lenin ' s psychologist . Historically , their contribution was to dismantle every last vestige of anything even remotely resembling socialism in Russia . The amount of socialism they instituted afterwards was nil . <| sep |> It ' s been a month since i ' ve broke up with my girlfriend . Sadly i can only think about the bad parts of the relationship . The good ones i can barely remember . But it was for the best . I ' m trying to go ride my bike everyday and it ' s becoming some sort of therapy for me . Reconnected with some friends and made amends with others . Things are getting better . Slowly , but surely .