Thatcher said that with 0 irony as she defunded public hospitals to get replaced by charity from rich child rapist Jimmy Sevile
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Go back into the history of capitalism, and every "scare" that capitalists use to maintain the system as is, happens under capitalism. The irony being that most capitalists see the end results of their greed and project it onto other systems.
Every accusation is an admission.
Thatcher, like any capitalist dickhead, is a liar and malignant.
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Damn bro we spent all the billionaires money on public works and social security and now we don't have any more billionaires and everyone is better off. What fools we've been.
It's so funny, because only one of those two systems is designed to invest back into itself. The other is a zero sum siphon that perfectly embodies what she described.
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Yes, and that has already happened. That is why the richest have switched to the source of all money: The government.
Neoliberalism has destroyed demand. At long last it's finally done. Now they are complaining about China's overcapacity.
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Well, we can just print more money! That's the solution for both capitalism and socialism, works every time.
Don't worry, the predatory bankers that are appointed to the Fed are surely looking out for our best interests, they would never, ever abuse their positions for the benefit of JP Morgan or anything like that, don't be silly
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Isn't Capitalism just Socialism for billionaires?
"eventually you run out of other people"
Incidentally, this is why they are pushing so hard for robots/AI to do what they need. Capitalism/money is nothing more than a complicated and thinly veiled facade for the power to make people do what they don't want to do. It is NOTHING more than that
Thatcher was being disingenuous because socialism involves "our money," in which everyone works together for mutual benefit. Capitalism can't function without other people's labor being exploited and under-compensated. I want my taxes to help pay for a portion of things I couldn't afford by myself and for it to benefit others because then I'm not being price gouged by others who are only demanding more because more is being demanded of them by the greediest among us.
I mean, capitalists seem like they would be happy to just have slaves and all the nice things for themselves.
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The people that say this live in a country that's $40t in debt
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Narcissists project
This less famously led to the saying 'The problem with conservatism is you eventually run out of other peoples stuff to sell'
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why do you need money?
if money disappeared, the workers would still be there, the factories would still be there, there'd still be trucks and ships and oil and houses and crops and whatever else sustains our existence.
you'd think if humans were as smart as they claim they are they'd come up with a solution that doesn't involve paper and credit and oppression.
i think your average person would be totally willing to put in 20 hours a week pumping shit out of septic tanks if they spent the other hours chilling and just doing whatever.
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There recently was an article in The Street about multinationals complaining about people not having enough money to spend on their products.
So basically, Capitalism is running out of peoples money right now.
a thatcher thread? obligatory only queen i recognise video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUlj48Rvp1c
Yes, its about time the billionaires money was spent on socialism until it runs out.
A K shaped economy is a broken economy.
The top of that K is all the money that should have been spent in the middle and the bottom, but was hoarded instead.
It is and we are reaching it. We cannot longer keep paying all that capital gain.
Most of the cost of any product are capital gains nowadays.
No. With socialism, you’re spending other people’s money until you eventually run out and can’t achieve your goals. With capitalism you’re extracting other people’s money and if they’ve run out you arguably achieved your goal
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Didn't Liz Truss actually were the one managing to run out of UK people's money?
it's a symptom of consolidation of power.
late stage capitalism
Uggg... I hate this nostradamus ass term. It's condescending and idiotic at the same time.
Which just shows that we can't really design a good system that'll actually work
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The difference is that centrally planned socialist economy can't produce jack shit
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