• shoulderoforion
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    31 day ago

    I don’t hate capitalism, it’s better than feudalism, and the human race’s attempts at communism have failed so spectacularly descending into absolute tyranny and corruption putting the sins of capitalism to shame. I also don’t hate women, or feminism, there are some women I hate, but it’s an individual judgement.

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      Capitalism is feudalism with rule by grace of money instead of grace of god. Don’t confuse it with having a market economy, especially a well-regulated one: Capitalism is when there’s unbridled capital accumulation, unbridled accumulation of economical and political power. Capitalism is when the 0.1% exist and, in the broader sense, capitalism is that set of memes which infect the majority to put up with that nonsense.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 hours ago

      Capitalism is that abusive boyfriend that keeps bringing up your super abusive ex so you know how lucky you are to have him.

    • @SmilingSolaris
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      2621 hours ago

      If you think communism put capitalisms sins to shame then you don’t know what capitalism has done.

    • @[email protected]
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      2923 hours ago

      I think the point is that unbridled capitalism is creating increasing wealth inequality that many straight, white men are feeling but aren’t accurately attributing to their being on the losing end of wealth inequality. This could be ameliorated with any number of policies in a capitalist system, such as a more progressive tax code, better labor protections, or universal healthcare, but the US employs none of these, and straight, white men are largely blaming women, immigrants, and LGBTQ people instead of the class of people keeping them poor.

    • @alekwithak
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      320 hours ago

      Complete BS. There are socialist countries currently doing just fine.

        • @alekwithak
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          -210 hours ago

          Cuba, Laos, Vietnam. And you know that. I know that. People who say shit like this rarely know that.

          • @MothmanDelorian
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            16 hours ago

            “ In his end-of-year speech to the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said, “We are going through a very difficult period. We are practically living day by day”, noting that "The people have many complaints,” which he described as “fair”.”

            https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/12/20/cuba-discusses-economic-planning-for-2025-after-a-really-difficult-year

            Cuba is having a really rough moment right now. The economy contracted in 2023. There wasn’t enough growth in 2024 and the hurricanes have been awful last year. I don’t think Cuba should be listed given their current situation.

            Laos and Vietnam are both currently strong.

            • @[email protected]
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              36 hours ago

              Laos and Vietnam, like China, could also more accurately be described as having “state capitalist” economic systems

            • @alekwithak
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              05 hours ago

              But how would Cuba be doing without foreign interference? Trade embargos and global climate change don’t speak to the strength of their economic system at all.

              • @MothmanDelorian
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                15 hours ago

                Oh many of Cuba’s issues would disappear had the embargo been lifted but we are talking about the current reality and right now Cuba is hurting.

                • @alekwithak
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                  04 hours ago

                  Right, I understand that. I just don’t think it’s fair to pin the results of sixty years of deliberate sabotage on their chosen economic system. People are always quick to point out how these systems never work as if the capitalists haven’t done every single thing possible to keep it from working for them.

                  • @MothmanDelorian
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                    14 hours ago

                    I mean they haven’t worked and the Labor Theory of Value is flat out incorrect to the point of ludicrousness but that doesn’t mean that all of Cuba’s failings are self created. They aren’t Venezuela whose problems are almost entirely self created.

      • @MothmanDelorian
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        -215 hours ago

        Which ones and please don’t name a nation with a stock exchange.

    • @Dkarma
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      124 hours ago

      How is capitalism different?

      It’s not you’re just biased.