cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9486838
Reminds me of everyone who was saying "This thing happening under Trump is like a trial run of the Biden Administration"
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It astounds me that people fall for this shit
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In capitalism the gains are privatized, losses are socialized.
Poor little capitalism and helpless billionaires are being suppressed by the all mighty socialism and the overwhelming might of the workforce!
...Is what I wish I could claim. I mean can you imagine? One can dream.
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The material conditions are not right for true capitalism with trickle-down yet.
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Owners pay workers,
As little as possible,
Workers vote for that
If workers consistently elected the platform with pro-worker planks and has passed bills when they had enough majority, all could have healthcare even when laid off so Evil Corp can make the extra 0.03% profit, paid sick and family leave and school meals for students, all help working families and basic expectations in other countries. All this reduces the artificial scarcity that the owners inflict on us.
Find out more here or on your own, but check sources. Q: How does artificial scarcity of basic needs, make it hard for people to feel and do better in life and they numb with social media, which makes it worse?
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Hot take: capitalism works when you turn capitalism against itself. Let corporates compete with each other to create high quality of products for every niche it can find.
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I don't know, this looks like a toilet paper shortage, which was caused by COVID paranoia. I don't think that was either Capitalist or Socialist.
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Kind of like how socialism failing and reverting to capitalism (USSR, Yugoslavia) is the fault of capitalism.
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Actual capitalism has been suppressed in the US for a long time, don't let it happen to you. A little kids lemon juice stand being shut down for not having a permit is a perfect example, while corpos getting away with killing people is just the cost of business.
Edit: I think whoever down voted me probably misunderstood me.
Personally, I buy and sell equipment; things that people need, and are almost always broken. I fix the stuff and sell it reasonably, I do have some altruistic tendencies. Like the washer or dryer that will just end up at the dump gets fixed for someone that's in a pinch. The capitalism that people hate is companies like microsoft and sony.
As in why do my sony earbuds not work with the playstation that cost more than the console, but work with everything else. Oh because they want you to buy their console headset.
My point overall was that, when it comes to a person, capitalism is heavily regulated; but a giant company gets to get away with anything.
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