• @UnderpantsWeevil
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    625 months ago

    People who keep trying to do Socialism in a Capitalist system are doomed to fail, because Socialism produces enormous surpluses and Capitalists love to just gobble that shit up.

    • @[email protected]
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      1025 months ago

      “If peoples basic needs were met nobody would work!”

      People “work” all the time of their own accord, we just call it volunteering instead of “work.” People love saying “I don’t want to work,” but really what they mean is “I don’t want my economic output stolen from me by my employer while what’s left is stolen by ever increasing prices with no wage adjustment to compensate.”

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        525 months ago

        People “work” all the time of their own accord, we just call it volunteering instead of “work.”

        Never even mind volunteering. $50B/year in wage theft in this country. People contract to do labor and then their bosses simply short them. Back in 2019 a coal company attempted to close a mine without paying over $1M in back wages. The workers shut down the rail out of the money and seized the coal until they were made whole.

        Wish more folks who got fleeced by DuoLingo had the gumption to do something similar.

        • I Cast Fist
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          125 months ago

          It’s harder to protest and make demands when most volunteers don’t even know where the fuck Duolingo’s HQ is, much mess live anywhere near it.

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      -45 months ago

      I would argue the traditional family structure is a micro-socialism state.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        35 months ago

        That depends heavily on how the family operates.

        Historically speaking, the male head-of-household had dictatorial control over the ownership and expenditures within the household. Only in the last two generations have western women gained the right to hold down jobs and assume credit for large purchases, to own their own homes, and to take full custody of their children. The idea of emancipated minors, civil rights for children, and labor protections for young people are even newer. And there are plenty of reactionary political attitudes in the country that would see these reforms rolled back.

        A family certainly can operate in a socialist capacity, when productive property and its surplus is shared equitably. But there are plenty of instances in which the head-of-house is functionally no different than a landlord, demanding the rest of the family live contribute surplus labor while existing in relative poverty.