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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top

Therefore the best system is the one that directly rewards the most horridly destructively greedy assholes around without the slightest obligation toward the rest of society!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's not an either/or situation, there are more alternatives available.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Name them, Captain Smug. Tell us about whatever quaint Northern European social democratic paradise that you got excited about after reading about it on Reddit, that compartmentalizes and outsources all the suffering you don't want to know about.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I refuse to believe that someone who calls me 'captain smug' is seriously interested in my opinion.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fair enough, so without any name calling, please name some of those alternatives you mentioned.

EDIT: you commented continously for 11 further hours after this post, without answering anyone in this thread, so i would safely assume you deserve all the name calling and more.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I refuse to believe that someone who calls me 'captain smug' is seriously interested in my opinion.

I'm not and would prefer you just fuck off, but since you're still here, NAME ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAT HAS A SYSTEM YOU CLAIM IS BETTER.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Neither communism, nor capitalism. A mysterious third way ((it's fascism)and thus still capitalism))

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

you can either have private jackasses own everything like petty kings of their little financial fiefdoms, or you can have capital be socially owned and operated without the explicit need for next quarter profit seeking, those are your fucking choices you nerd

[–] axont@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Every person who says this will simply describe capitalism with more welfare