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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 hours ago

I also like the response “mfw I’m in a capitalist society and have to choose between shelter and food” when I hear that socialism joke.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 hours ago

The problem with capitalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money

see: Nvidia-Oracle-OpenAI bubble

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

What we don't seem to ever run out of is bullshit.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 26 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Giving away 40% of your salary to the state for healthcare and welfare -> Crazy crime incredible inhumane and brutal theft

Giving away 75% of your salary to private companies who do the same things but worse and that don't even ensure you full coverage -> Amazing business Enterprise of freedom choice of Democratic democracy 💀

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

This needs that Drake meme.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 12 hours ago

"If you're unhappy, just work for a different company!!"

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 12 points 18 hours ago

The real problem with socialism is that it offends the CIA, and bad things happen to people who offend the CIA.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

"Ask people what they hate about socialism/communism and they'll describe capitalism."

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For anyone interested, here' a short excerpt on this point from a socialism crash course:


Unlike workers, Capitalists make their living, not by clocking in and being paid a certain fixed wage per hour, but through absentee ownership. Their wealth is earned while sleeping, playing golf, or visiting the mailbox to collect pieces of this wage theft, often in the form of stock dividends. A worker's wealth is dependent on the number of hours they can work; a Capitalist's wealth is based on how much absentee property they can accumulate, and as such can multiply infinitely. Some Capitalists earn an average worker's yearly salary in a single night's sleep.

For example, a Copper mine owner neither physically mines the copper, and (living thousands of miles away) likely delegates day-to-day operations to a hired manager. Yet, because they have a piece of paper that says they own it, they get a large cut of everything that was mined: the ultimate free lunch.

A 1983 report by England national income and expenditures found that on average, 26 minutes of every hour worked (or 43% of labor value added) by English workers across a wide range of industries went to various exploiting or unproductive groups, with workers receiving only 57% of their pre-tax productive output as wages1. In other words, at least 40% of the work you do every day is stolen by Capitalists.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Man I hate it when socialism capitalisms.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Funnily enough the problem with capitalism is actually that eventually you run out of other people's money.

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Capitalism inherently serves to concentrate wealth since the ones with the money make the rules. As wealth disparity increases and people get poorer they can't buy as much stuff and growth dries up. Then the only way for the rich to keep getting richer is to degrade labour conditions, but that's unpopular so you need to blame a scapegoat and enact a repressive regime to enforce it. That's quite a problem, and it's one which might feel familiar to the astute reader.

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