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minus-squarethedeadwalking4242linkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoCapitalism encourages the break down of the democratic system.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoNo, just capitalism is correct. Unbridled or not, the profit incentive and private ownership over the means of production, both of which are intrinsic to a capitalist economic structure, still exist and contribute to systemic oppression.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·1 month agoWhere communism never had any democracy to start with.
minus-squaresave_the_humans@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThats because the US toppled every Democratic attempt at communism and socialism with staged coups and assassinations.
minus-squarethedeadwalking4242linkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoAnd why’s that folks? That’s right! The profit motive!
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·1 month agoYes, the US is clearly to blame for the Stasi.
Capitalism encourages the break down of the democratic system.
Unbridled capitalism.
No, just capitalism is correct. Unbridled or not, the profit incentive and private ownership over the means of production, both of which are intrinsic to a capitalist economic structure, still exist and contribute to systemic oppression.
Where communism never had any democracy to start with.
Thats because the US toppled every Democratic attempt at communism and socialism with staged coups and assassinations.
And why’s that folks? That’s right! The profit motive!
Yes, the US is clearly to blame for the Stasi.