Muaddib

joined 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago

If they converted to leftism, they could blame their economic troubles on Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos. Clearly it's not just looking for someone to blame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago

Well, in theory is pretty different from in practice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago

Figure it out yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 43 minutes ago

I disagree. I know I'll never be a rich capitalist. But if we're all rich communists, then I'll be rich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

You should use Hexbear. There aren't any communists there. Just posers who think communism means supporting dictatorships.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

I submit the price of eggs as evidence that if it were about self interest, there'd be a communist revolution tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I have no interest in entertaining your false dichotomy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I didn't choose this username for no reason

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The first one is true.

In democracy, the people rule society

In capitalism, the rich rule the economy

The economy always rules society

In a capitalist democracy, society serves two masters. Both opposites. It's inherently unstable because it's self contradicting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Those are so similar to each other in comparison with capitalism that at this stage, we mostly use the same words to describe both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

You have power! You are responsible! You need to use that power. You need to make active choices in the world.

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