oh hey i use that same image for my catch-all hiphop playlist!
i love it, but the folks i send it to seem not to enjoy aesop rock and danny brown in such close proximity 😕
You don’t get it bro. Capitalism is awesome, because i’m above in the social hierarchy! Under socialism i would just be a normal peasant.
… What do you mean, it’s unfair for everyone else? Fuck’em.
/s poes law n shitthe fucking horrifying thing is that even people who are actively and obviously being harmed by capitalism will defend it, and if you keep refuting their arguments they just start panicking because they haven’t actually thought about it, they just know they have to support the status quo at all costs.
For me it’s the fact that my people have always been sent to the gulags in so-called socialist countries. And I definitely don’t want to become a modernday “Jews for Hitler”. YMMV if you have a different background.
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Big “he’s only deporting illegals!!!” vibes here
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Tell me more about the Cuban and Chinese Jewish gulags, and why a sub named Flippanarchy is supposed to give a shit about Marxists anyways.
Then ask yourself what economic model the Nazis followed, Mr “I don’t want to be part of the Jews for Hitler”
I sympathize. However i’ll have to disagree (i’m an anarchist, so i don’t even like the “so-called socialist countries” you speak of ;))
Capitalism relies on exploiting the global south. Which, since my people mostly live there too (including I) i very obviously, dislike this. I could say the same as you for the opposite.
I have had conversations with my semi wealthy friends about this crap many times over the years.
The best was when I told one of them once that one of the possible solutions to wealth inequality was in instituting a maximum wealth while also providing minimum wealth through a universal income.
His counter argument to that was it would remove all the incentive for everyone to want to amass a fortune for themselves. He argued that if someone limited his wealth, he would no longer be motivated to want to do more … but he countered that by trying to convince me that it wasn’t all about the money. He said that everyone should be free to get as much money as they want without limits because that is what drives human progress. As well as the usual argument that if you gave free money to people, then they would be less likely to want to do anything for themselves, for others or for society.
All coming from a individual with about a million dollars worth of wealth. Perfectly comfortable for themselves but can’t stand to see others with any support because he never got any … except for his semi wealthy parents who gave him a great start in life.
“And why do you want all that wealth? Does it give you happiness? Why do you feel the need to hoarde more? If living comfortable isnt enough, perhaps sharing it would give you value in your life that you desperately need.” Would be my response.
It’s funny because it’s true.
Your listening to a recycle bin? Why a recycle bin?
Because they just keep recycling the same tired arguments
but are the arguments trash, too?
Goes to the same dumpster through glorified channels
there’s positives from it and negatives. stuff like large wealth inequalities can be easily fixed with progressive tax rates. it all depends on how its done
by the time you fix all the problems, it’s straight up, not capitalism anymore.
I want private ownership and competition along with markets that can find the optimal price for goods. there can be safety nets for the poor sick and insane and the combination of this is simply another sort of capitalsm
What does optimal mean in this scenario? Because really that is the crux of the issue. Capitalism puts the power into the hands of corporations to determine what is optimal. That’s what the free market is. The consumer doesn’t really have power in that system in any way that matters.
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I like to link to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism because without the people who abuse the system, it would be a lot better. We need to close these loopholes, but of course rich people have the money to keep them open or find new ones.
Removing loopholes that the cronies exploit and removing tax havens, etc (other tax loopholes) would (in my opinion) make leave us in a much better state that we currently are in.
We hate crony capitalism not just capitalism on its own I believe.
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no, no we hate capitalism around these parts
Read the sub name fam
clears throat
Markets are not evil in and of themselves.
Concentrated capital and poor market controls lead to unfair outcomes.
Markets can be an efficient way of distributing goods, even under socialist structures.
capitalism =/= markets
I’ve never seen anyone on lemmy actually defend capitalism.
I got a couple replies just today in which people were defending capitalism. Post harder? 😛
There is someone doing it in this very thread. But yeah, Lemmy is, fortunately, quite left-wing
No they’re not lol
All they did was define it, and then say they hate people that abuse that system.“I have no problems with capitalism” sounds pretty defend-y to me
I don’t have any problems with pigeons. That doesn’t mean im defending them.
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To be fair, you’re also not in the comments of an anti-pigeon post in an anti-pigeon community
Thank goodness. They’re such misunderstood creatures.
We need anti-pigeon comm though 🤔
How could you possibly!? Have you seen their nests!? LOOK AT THEIR NESTS AND SAY THAT AGAIN
So? Do words not have meaning here or something?
No, words still have meaning. But context matters, and context can have a bearing on meaning. The bar for what counts as “defending capitalism” is going to look different in a community of anarchists compared to a “change my view” type of community.
Nah. I even googled it:
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, where goods and services are produced and distributed based on market competition and profit motives
As such, I have no problems with capitalism. But with sick fucks who think they absolutely need another golden car and a yacht at a price of ruines lives (human and not human alike) - those must be brought to extinction, preferably fast
Sick fucks will always rise to the top under capitalism.
Oh, and other (edit: under) something else they won’t. I got a bridge to sell ya, for only 1 billion of dollars
Private ownership of means of production has led to all the atrocities that Nestle has committed. You need to start having a problem with capitalism because unless you’re a billionaire, it’s not your friend
No, sick dumb fucks are my enemy, if you wish to see this in friend/foe paradigm. Capitalism or not, they will find a way to fuck everything around them, since it’s what they do. Or do I need to remind you that oh-so-very-not-capitalistic-soviet-union-china-and-others are also a pile of shit, just different flavour?
Ah, so all systems are shit and there is no hope for a better one. You’re a nihilist!
Anyways, would be pretty cool to live in a system that discourages hoarding and excess, or at least doesn’t benefit it, rather than encouraging it. Neither capitalism nor state socialism have achieved that one.
Wrong guess, I am not that label either. And you still hope for some vague system to make things run well. This is futile, won’t happen
Wasn’t guessing your label. I was applying one. Enjoy your day 😁
So, you are not interested in talking to humans. Good luck
I’m an anarchist, not a tankie. All right then, keep sucking those boots.
What a bunch of labels, lol. Gl hf
I see you are failing to make a point anymore so get back to cleaning those boots like a good little drone
Oh, I do not give you noooo-capitalism-acshually-good-becos-reasons reply, and now you just project it and go on as usual? Nice trick, I want more. Show me something
You’re the one that keeps saying stupid shit, show me that you aren’t a dumb little drone.
